State Info: News Across the States

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Expanding Access  

California

• Study Finds S.F. Health Plan Didn’t Hurt Jobs (San Francisco Gate, August 21, 2009)

Iowa

• Program Offers Low Cost Prescription Drugs (Radio Iowa, September 22, 2009)

New Jersey

• Corzine Credits State Initiatives for 11 Percent Drop in N.J.’s Uninsured (Insurance and Financial Advisory, September 16, 2009) 

Medicaid and Children's Health

Expansions   

Alabama

• State Expands All Kids Program Beginning October 1 (The Birmingham News, September 8, 2009)

Montana

• Kids’ Insurance Program Starts October 1 (Great Falls Tribune, September 24, 2009)

New Hampshire

• Kids Connection Change Expands Insurance Coverage (Lincoln Journal Star, August 29, 2009)

Cuts

Due to the current economic downturn, the Medicaid and CHIP programs in many states are in jeopardy. These cuts include actions that will erect barriers to obtaining care for current enrollees, as well as actions that will make it harder for uninsured people to get Medicaid or CHIP coverage.

Arizona

• Many Lower-Income to Lose Insurance (Arizona Daily Star, September 2, 2009)

California

• Schwarzenegger Signs Bill to Fund Kids’ Health Care (The Sacramento Bee, September 23, 2009)
• California Board Votes to Drop Healthcare Coverage for 60,000 Children (Los Angeles Times, August 14, 2009)    
  

Massachusetts

• Switch Saves Immigrants’ Health Care (Boston Globe, September 1, 2009) 

Wisconsin

• BadgerCare Plus Tops Out, Enrollment Suspended (The Business Journal of Milwaukee, October 5, 2009)   

Private Market

California

• State HMOs Deny 1 in 5 claims, Analysis Shows (Los Angeles Times, September 3, 2009)
• New California Rules Cut Wait Times for Medical Care (NPR, August 31, 2009)       

District of Columbia

• District Regulators Delay CareFirst Reserve Decision Until End of Year (Insurance and Financial Advisor, September 24, 2009)  

Florida

• $5-a-Day Cinergy Health Insurance Piles Up Complaints (The Miami Herald, September 2, 2009)

Indiana

• State Bars Three Insurers Over Bogus Health Plan (Indy Star, September 2, 2009)

Maine

• Maine Health Bills Lauded (Lewiston Sun Journal, August 25, 2009)

Massachusetts

• State Targets Health Care Official’s Pay (Boston Globe, September 3, 2009)
• Health Insurers Reach $17 Million Settlement Over “Deceptive” Conduct (Insurance and Financial Advisor, September 2, 2009)
• Health Insurer Withdraws from Market, Will Pay up to $5 Million in Agreement with State Regulators (Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, August 31, 2009) 

Missouri

• Missouri Department of Insurance Sues Arkansas Insurer for Defrauding Cancer Victims (Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions, & Professional Regulation, August 28, 2009) 

New York

• State Hearings Scrutinize Limited Medical Policies (Democrat and Chronicle, September 26, 2009)
• Governor Patterson Announces Health Insurers Must Cover Children’s Flu Shots (State of New York, September 10, 2009)   

North Dakota

• ND Insurance Change Planned for Domestic Violence (KFYR-TV, September 24, 2009)    

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