NEW Profile in Coverage: Maine's Dirigo
Program
SCI talks with Trish Riley,
director of the Governor's Office of Health Policy and
Finance, about Dirigo.
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"Pay or Play" Law passes in
Maryland
Maryland's General
Assembly recently passed a law (S.B. 790/H.B. 1284) requiring
private-sector, for profit employers with 10,000 or more
employees in the state to spend at least 8 percent of their
payroll (or 6 percent in the case of a nonprofit employer) on
health care.
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Implications of the New Federal
Bankruptcy Law on Health Consumers
Earlier this year, a study in Health Affairs [1]
presented alarming new data regarding personal bankruptcy in
the United States: 55 percent of filers in 2001 cited a
medical cause for bankruptcy. In addition, study authors found
that medical bankruptcies increased 23-fold in the past two
decades.
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Congress Passes Federal Budget
Resolution with $10 Billion in Cuts to
Medicaid
In an attempt to address
the growing costs of government benefit programs, both houses
of Congress voted to approve a FY2006 federal budget that
calls for a $10 billion reduction in federal Medicaid funding
over five years.
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Annual Research Meeting: State
Health Research and Policy Interest Group
AcademyHealth Interest Groups advance the research
base of focused topics by providing an avenue for health
services researchers, policy professionals, and
practitioners to share information, showcase their
research, network with peers, and learn more about those
topics.
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Registration Now Open for SCI Summer
Meeting
The State Coverage
Initiatives program is pleased to announce the date and
location for its summer workshop for state
officials.
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Coming Soon from SCI
Check in with SCI for future
publications.
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Reports of Interest
The following are the most recently released
reports on coverage.
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