Medicaid block grants

Senator Brophy introduces SB 12-032: Medicaid block grants, vouchers, & premiums 0
- February 7, 2012
For some of the merits of this bill, see my previous post on SB 12-032 and about Medicaid block grants in general. Continue reading →
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Colorado SB 12-060 – Improve Medicaid fraud prosecution 0
- January 31, 2012
SB 12-060 attempts to reduce Medicaid fraud. The Depart. of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) has little incentive to reduce fraud, as for every CO tax dollar it spends, the Feds pay the HCPF a dollar taken from a taxpayer in another state. This is why replacing this matching this policy with a block grant would be an improvement. Continue reading →
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Colorado Senate Bill 12-032: Medicaid block grants, vouchers, & premiums 0
- January 16, 2012
Sen. Greg Bropy’s Colorado Senate Bill 12-032 promotes three good Medicaid reforms: replacing federal matching funds with block grants, increasing co-pays and premiums, and turning Medicaid into a voucher program for (nominally) private insurance. Continue reading →
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Colorado Senate Bill 12-032: Medicaid block grants, vouchers, & premiums 0
- January 16, 2012
Sen. Greg Bropy’s Colorado Senate Bill 12-032 promotes three good Medicaid reforms: replacing federal matching funds with block grants, increasing co-pays and premiums, and turning Medicaid into a voucher program for (nominally) private insurance. Continue reading →
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Improving Medicaid with block grants & consumer-directed health care 0
- November 4, 2011
If Medicaid were turned into a block grant program in which the federal government gave each state a set amount of money, it could improve patient care, restrain the growth in costs, reduce complexity and improve outcomes. Continue reading →
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Entitlement Bandits Rob Medicaid/Medicare 0
- July 25, 2011
Giving Medicare enrollees vouchers for private insurance and block-granting Medicaid (as passed by the House of Representatives but defeated in the Senate) would reduce the crushing levels of fraud in Medicare and Medicaid.
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