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The Blog for Monday, March 07, 2005

Medicaid Fraud

    The Tampa Trib has a lot of good Medicaid stories today:
    "'The governor, without specifying a number, has made it very clear there will be a limit. When you cap expenses, clearly people with high health care needs are very likely to run into that cap,' said Joan Alker, a Medicaid expert at Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute in Washington."
    "For Some, Medicaid Overhaul Is A Matter Of Life Or Death". It is all politics all the time:
    Jeb Bush is mentioned often as a potential successor to his brother, but the governor has said repeatedly he won't run for president. Bush maintains he wants to return to his Miami home after his second term and work in the private sector.

    His Medicaid proposal isn't exactly "his." Bush unveiled his plan with fanfare as a concept that re-imagines how the state should deliver medical care, but many components come directly out of the Republican playbook.

    Bush's remarks echo those of Georgia's Newt Gingrich, who as U.S. House speaker in the late 1990s pushed efforts to privatize portions of the Medicare program for seniors. Gingrich today leads a Washington think tank that continues to promote such ideas.

    Bush appears to welcome the attention, and controversy, surrounding his proposal.
    "Medicaid Plan Could Loom Large In Bush Legacy"

    And he doesn't seem to care that "Private Insurers Have Spotty Record With Medicare", and downplays that "Under Plan, Some Rights Will Be Lost".

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