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NewsMedicaid spending eats up more of state budgets
Although healthcare spending by states varies dramatically, they all can agree that they have been spending more on Medicaid during the past three years, according to a report by the National Read more...
Commonwealth Fund calls for massive healthcare reform
Apparently the Commonwealth Fund has a solution to the nation's healthcare problems. The group is calling for a new national insurance exchange that could cover tens of millions of Americans, Read more...
Credit struggles force hospitals to cut back
According to survey results from both the American Hospital Association and the Healthcare Financial Management Association, several hospitals are being forced to delay spending in areas such as Read more...
Medicaid spending to increase substantially in the next decade
According to a report released last Friday, Medicaid spending will grow at an average rate of 7.9 percent annually over the next 10 years, ultimately reaching a cost of $674 billion per year by 2017. Read more...
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