Cutting Medicaid by 5 percent could cost U.S. states $14 billion and trigger massive job losses, according to a study by the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems and reported by Reuters.
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has failed to win a lawsuit over whether the state can increase judges' health insurance and pension contributions, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer report.
Approximately 11,000 Washington residents who were deemed ineligible for the state's Basic Health insurance program because of their immigration status will be allowed to re-enroll, according to a Seattle Times report.
Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York City are planning to target the health insurance industry with a march and speak-out today, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee vetoed legislation intended to close a loophole in San Francisco's law requiring employers to provide some funding for workers' healthcare expenses, according to an SFGate report.
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Only 49 people have signed up for a Wyoming pilot program designed to offer health insurance to as many as 500 working residents who otherwise couldn't afford it, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
Federal healthcare reform could save New Jersey nearly $100 million in 2012 by affecting the state's health coverage for public workers, according to a North Jersey report.
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's decision to reject a $31.5 million federal grant to establish a health insurance exchange has met with controversy, according to an LJ World report.
Eliminating the sustainable growth rate formula is an essential step in reforming Medicare, health policy observers told a Senate panel on Oct. 12, according to an American Medical News report.
Twenty-five percent of Nevada residents under 65 lacked health insurance at one point in 2009, making the state the third most uninsured per capita in the U.S, according to a Las Vegas Sun report.