Medicaid for everyone but where is the supply?Just worthless paper!Just crank up the printing presses, the economy would collapse in seconds if all of the loans were called from China and other countries.No money is backed by the Gold standard so it is only valued at whoever is pulling the...
The House-passed stimulus bill puts nearly $100 billion into Medicaid, mainly to cover the newly-unemployed regardless of what jobs they lose. But where will the supply come to meet this demand? by Dana Blankenhorn
California and New York are both trying to cut their states' health care costs, and their stories provide a cautionary tale in the national debate. In California, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger tried to push through a grand compromise on reform, but it was finally killed by both parties...
Wisconsin's Apologist for IT FailureEDS is toast in Seattle150 EDS consultants are to be turned lose from the Seattle Office in August. Let me give a theory. In government, just as in business, there are core competencies. Where many will argue that IT is a core competency of every on...
In recent times, Wisconsin has experienced major IT meltdowns, prompting the State Auditor to release a report recommending various IT reforms. Wisconsin's state legislature also appointed a special task force to review failing IT projects, suggesting the state genuinely takes IT failures seriously. I find these steps to be...
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Wisconsin seems to be the land of IT project failures. Last April, the state released a report describing broad project failures running through the state government. As a response to so many IT failures, the Wisconsin state legislature formed a special task force to examine the problems. Now, the Wisconsin...
Medicare and Medicaid systems are so weak that millions of Americans are vulnerable to disclosure of their medical records, the Government Accounting Office warned recently, The Washington Post reports. GAO found 47 weaknesses in the computer systems used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to send...
Maine's Medicaid billing system has been wreaking havoc since January 2005 and final upgrades won't be complete until next summer, the Bangor Daily News reports, at a cost of $56.3 million. According to Brenda Harvey, commissioner of Maine's Department of Health and Human Services, the...
Top IT projects among state and local governments in the coming year, according to WashingtonTechnology:Medicaid: There is a "backlog of states that need new Medicaid systems or are hiring a company to run their systems. But Rishi Sood, Gartner research vice president, said the need...
As many as a thousand Massachusetts children could lose health benefits as a result of the state's change in computer systems, the Boston Globe reports. The state said that a new computer system is more accurately dispensing benefits, although child advocates say families have not been given enough time to...
With state and local governments pushing to update their Medicaid Management Information Systems MMIS, spending on the systems is expected to grow 20% from $5.1 bln in fiscal year 2005 to $6 bln in fiscal year 2008, according to Input.
With state and local governments pushing to update their Medicaid Management Information Systems MMIS, spending on the systems is expected to grow 20% from $5.1 bln in fiscal year 2005 to $6 bln in fiscal year 2008, according to Input.
the American patriots will rise againand defeat the socialist bill.All real Americans are outraged about ObamaCare and the Congress should listen to them.Only the GOP healthcare bill is the one we can afford and will improve the healthcare.Not going to passPeople do not want this socialist fiasco.RE: House due for...
opt outdoes that mean a state can decide, whether or not, their citizens can get national health care?"Let the trolling begin in earnest."?I think you meant:"[i]Let those who disagree with me begin posting.[/i]"No......trolling is posting deliberately inflammatory remarks in order to get responses. You've even admitted you're doing that, because...
more nonsenseAvoiding insurance companies and creeating death panels are not going to improve the healthcare.The only measures that can relly reform helthcare are in the republican bills that the democrats don't want you to see.Noo thanks"Intervention in maintaining wellness."If by "intervention" you mean "we know what's better for you than...
I love it... you do a story that involves tech, and nobody says anythingPeople just like to complain. If this was a Health Reform article, you would have people screaming and crying all over TalkBackFUDDisappointing Dana, I would have thought you were above this type of FUD.RE: Canada scandal illustrates...
health care should wait untill we get rid of the liberals in the governmentonce the Democrats are no longer in power we could start talking about some real healthcare reform based on tax credits and tort reform.Socialist ideeas like single payer or public option are a non starter.Heaven forbid, a...
More Politics on ZDNET?This is a tech site - please stick to TECH.Pitching this spin is not productive. It's also so one sided as to be laughable.America is a capitalist nation. Let the free market do its job and stop interfering.The marketThe market says policy is important. I...
It's amazingWhen Republicans are in power, Democrats can't get anything done. When Democrats are in power, Democrats can't get anything done. Who's running that show anyway?Carl RapsonRepublicansRepublicans will continue to run Washington until the assumptions underlying their rule change. This is good news.We dont need to overhaul a system that...
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