Marc Kilmer

Marc Kilmer is a Maryland Public Policy Institute senior fellow specializing in health care issues... (read full bio)

States Take Different Paths on Health Insurance Exchange Legislation

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December 29, 2011

As states across the nation wrangle with the challenge of choosing whether to comply with President Obama’s health care law, legislators, governors, and advisory boards are making key decisions wit
Oregon Turns to Coordinated Care in Medicaid

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December 20, 2011

Early in 2011, Oregon lawmakers passed legislation mandating the state’s Medicaid system be reorganized to use coordinated care organizations to provide health care services to recipients.
California Prepares to Eliminate Medicare Advantage Plans for 113,000

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December 15, 2011

In a situation which may soon be emulated across the country, Medicare Advantage beneficiaries in California are being told they cannot keep their plans even if they like them.
New York Health Homes on the Way

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December 14, 2011

Some New York Medicaid recipients are scheduled to begin receiving health care services through new “health homes” beginning January 1, 2012.
ObamaCare May Be Unhealthy for Marriage

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December 02, 2011

The latest unintended consequence of President Obama’s health care law could be a lower marriage rate, according to the staff of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
CLASS Act Exposes ObamaCare Accounting Tricks, but Democrats Oppose Repeal

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November 29, 2011

A small but important entitlement within President Obama’s health care law has been rescinded by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
Canadian-Style Health Care Coming to Montana?

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November 02, 2011

While governors of most states are deciding whether to implement or resist President Obama’s health care law, Montana Gov.
Oregon’s Medicaid Expansion Health Outcomes Examined

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November 01, 2011

With President Obama’s health care law mandating states expand their Medicaid programs dramatically by 2014, a Cato Institute forum in early October examined the government program’s effects on tho
Arkansas Governor Temporarily Halts Insurance Exchange

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October 20, 2011

Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe has reversed plans to seek a federal health insurance exchange grant after encountering strong opposition from Republicans in the state legislature.
ObamaCare Denying Insurance Subsidies to Workers’ Families

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September 22, 2011

In the midst of the debate over the Affordable Care Act, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously declared, “We have to pass the bill so you can find out what’s in it.” Now that the legislation is
Washington Unleashes Bipartisan Scorn on IPAB

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August 18, 2011

Congress members of both parties are directing ire against a controversial element of President Obama’s health care law, which proposes to restrain Medicare costs through the creation of the Inde
CMS Employs New Fraud-Fighting Tool

Marc Kilmer

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In an effort to combat Medicare fraud that cost at least $49 billion in the last fiscal year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on July 1 began using new technology to stop fraudulen
CMS Employs New Fraud-Fighting Tool

Marc Kilmer

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In an effort to combat Medicare fraud that cost at least $49 billion in the last fiscal year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on July 1 began using new technology to stop fraudulen

Marc Kilmer

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