by Wally Northway Published: September 17,2010
Tags: Congress, healthcare, healthcare benefits, healthcare reform, law
WASHINGTON — Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) is a cosponsor of HR 4972, the bill to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — the healthcare reform bill. He signed the discharge petition to bring HR 4972 to the floor of the House of Representatives for a vote to repeal the bill that became law [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 6,2010
Tags: healthcare, healthcare benefits, healthcare reform, Medicare, retirees, retirement, Social Security
WASHINGTON — A report on the financial condition of the Medicare and Social Security programs contends the Obama administration’s sweeping healthcare overhaul will extend the life of the Medicare hospital insurance fund by 12 years — an assertion that Medicare’s top numbers-cruncher disputed. The report acknowledged in its own right that the brighter outlook for [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 5,2010
Tags: healthcare, healthcare benefits, retirees, retirement, seniors
WASHINGTON — Medicare and Social Security — the foundation of a secure retirement — are facing strains from an aging population and an economy that can’t seem to get out of low gear. And despite assertions to the contrary by the Obama administration, the new healthcare law doesn’t improve Medicare’s solvency by much. As the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 5,2010
JACKSON — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says the federal healthcare overhaul will clobber small businesses with expensive mandates. The Republican spoke to hundreds of people yesterday during a meeting sponsored by the Mississippi Economic Council and other business groups. Several weeks ago, Barbour joined a Florida lawsuit that seeks to block the health law that [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: July 2,2010
Tags: health insurance, healthcare, healthcare benefits, insurance
JACKSON — Some residents of Mississippi who have not had health insurance coverage in the past due to pre-existing health conditions may now be able to acquire insurance, Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney said. A federally-run and funded high-risk pool began taking applications July 1 for people who have not had insurance coverage for at [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 29,2010
Tags: healthcare, healthcare benefits, Medicaid
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The defeat of a jobs bill in the U.S. Senate last week created an almost $200-million hole in the Alabama Medicaid budget, raising the prospect that medical services for the state’s poor may be curtailed in 2011. The $1.6-billion General Fund budget passed by the state Legislature and signed by Republican Gov. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 18,2010
Tags: drug plans, drugs, healthcare, healthcare benefits, pharmacies
NEW YORK— CVS Caremark Corp. and Walgreen Co. have settled a contract dispute that had been expected to prompt thousands of Walgreen customers to search for a new place to fill prescription drugs. Details of the deal announced today were not disclosed. Shares of both companies surged in pre-market trading. Both companies have been negotiating [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 14,2010
Tags: healthcare, healthcare benefits, insurance
JACKSON — UnitedHealthcare recently renewed and extended its relationship with St. Dominic Hospital that continues the hospital system’s participation in the UnitedHealthcare network. The new agreement gives UnitedHealthcare commercial health plan and Mississippi Children’s Health Insurance Program participants continued, in-network access to St. Dominic’s healthcare services. Glen Golemi, CEO, UnitedHealthcare of Gulf States Region, said, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 5,2010
Tags: healthcare, healthcare benefits, Medicaid, state budget
JACKSON — Mississippi’s Medicaid program still hasn’t received federal permission to cut payments to doctors, dentists and other providers for the final three months of the budget year, the program’s spokesman said today. The chairman of the state Senate Public Health Committee, meanwhile, said the planned cuts for April, May and June are counterproductive. “It [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 16,2010
Tags: Congress, healthcare, healthcare benefits, healthcare reform, insurance
WASHINGTON — Democrats defended plans to push massive health care legislation through the House without a direct vote and Republicans assailed the strategy Tuesday, as both parties fenced ferociously over the health overhaul end game. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said that no final decision had been made on the complex parliamentary strategy, which would [...] [...]
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