By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear says he supports the expansion of Medicaid in his state under President Obama's health care law, a decision that would extend coverage to 308,000 residents.
"Get Cash Back Now!" Such signs are common in car dealerships. Salesmen always try to heighten the sense of urgency: "Buy today, before the offer expires, and you can get a rebate or a zero percent interest rate on your car loan."
President Barack Obama thinks his health care law makes states an offer they can't refuse.
President Obama campaigned on a pledge to close the revolving door between special interests and government in Washington, but the career trajectory of the man he has picked to fill the top legal job at the Department of Health and Human Services shows the door hasn't completely stopped spinning.
Many working parents are below the federal poverty line but don't qualify for Medicaid, a decades-old state-federal insurance program. That's especially true in states where conservative governors say they'll reject the Medicaid expansion under Obama's health law.
Sandra Pico is poor, but not poor enough.
Sandra Pico is poor, but not poor enough.
Sandra Pico is poor, but not poor enough.
INDIANAPOLIS | Indiana's decision to deny Planned Parenthood Medicaid funds because it performs abortions denies women the freedom to choose their health care providers, a federal hearing officer said.
Indiana's decision to deny Planned Parenthood Medicaid funds because it performs abortions denies women the freedom to choose their health care providers, a federal hearing officer said.
Obamacare is on the rocks, and the heart of the law - the individual mandate - or the whole thing could be struck down by the Supreme Court. Whatever the court does, the voters could finish the job in November.
Virginia needs to massively improve how it monitors payments in its Medicaid program, according to a report released Tuesday by the General Assembly's investigative arm.
Planned Parenthood is on the ropes. And like any entity taking a well-deserved and very public beating, it is anxious to redeem - or in this case, strategically recast - its increasingly tattered reputation.
Indiana asked a federal appeals court Monday to lift a judge's order blocking parts of a new abortion law that cuts some public Planned Parenthood funding, saying the issue should be decided by Medicaid officials and not the courts.
Indiana's attorney general on Tuesday appealed a judge's ruling that blocked key aspects of a new state law that would cut public funding for Planned Parenthood's general health services because the organization also provides abortions.
