Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Progress on Medicaid reform in other states
[Susan Konig, "Medicaid Reform: Florida, South Carolina Lead the Way," Health Care News, The Heartland Institute, 1 August 2005.]
The Heartland Institute summarizes reform efforts on Medicaid at the state level in this recent column:
The nation's governors agree on at least one thing: They have a problem with Medicaid.
Medicaid reformers in several states are not waiting for the federal government to act. Some changes in state Medicaid programs "require a federal waiver, and others do not," according to Nina Owcharenko, senior policy analyst for health care in the Center for Health Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation.
"State policymakers should take advantage of the current waiver structure, as cumbersome as it may be, and introduce reform into their programs," Owcharenko recommends in a June 2005 report, "A Roadmap for Medicaid Reform."
Policymakers should look to the states that are having success with reform for inspiration and guidance, said J. Robert McClure III, president and CEO of the James Madison Institute in Florida.
The Flint Hills Center has collected some of these key reform plans online for review:
- Reforming Medicaid: The South Carolina Plan
- Empowered Care: Florida Medicaid reform plan
- GraniteCare: New Hampshire Medicaid reform plan
[Susan Konig, "Medicaid Reform: Florida, South Carolina Lead the Way," Health Care News, The Heartland Institute, 1 August 2005.]
The Heartland Institute summarizes reform efforts on Medicaid at the state level in this recent column:
The nation's governors agree on at least one thing: They have a problem with Medicaid.
Medicaid reformers in several states are not waiting for the federal government to act. Some changes in state Medicaid programs "require a federal waiver, and others do not," according to Nina Owcharenko, senior policy analyst for health care in the Center for Health Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation.
"State policymakers should take advantage of the current waiver structure, as cumbersome as it may be, and introduce reform into their programs," Owcharenko recommends in a June 2005 report, "A Roadmap for Medicaid Reform."
Policymakers should look to the states that are having success with reform for inspiration and guidance, said J. Robert McClure III, president and CEO of the James Madison Institute in Florida.
The Flint Hills Center has collected some of these key reform plans online for review:
- Reforming Medicaid: The South Carolina Plan
- Empowered Care: Florida Medicaid reform plan
- GraniteCare: New Hampshire Medicaid reform plan
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