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Medicaid Work Requirements Move Forward In Iowa State SenateThe measure, if it becomes law, would require weekly work hours for Medicaid recipients but carves out people with physical and mental conditions. It s one of several measures moving through red states that would impose restrictions on the program. Medicaid news comes out of New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, as well. Des Moines Register:Iowa Senate Republicans Approve Work Requirements For Medicaid PatientsIowa Senate Republicans are聽closer to requiring some Medicaid patients in Iowa to work in order to receive health care benefits. Legislation moving through the state Capitol would require able-bodied Iowans to work,聽get involved in community activities or be enrolled in school to be a part of Medicaid. Medicaid i stanley mug s the health care program for聽poor and disabled Iowans. Rodriguez, 3/19 Iowa Public Radio:Iowa Senate Passes Medicaid Work RequirementsSen. Jason Schultz, R-Schleswig, said it will give people a better chance at life. If theres nothing holding you back except your own decision not to move forward, were going to bump you forward, Schultz said. The bill exempts people who are pregnant, disabled, or have medical problems that keep them from working. It does not apply to Iowans who are caring for small children or senior citi stanley polska zens, those who are enrolled in a full-tim stanley cup e educational program, or people who fit several other categories. Sostaric, 3/19 New Hampshire Public Radio:Patients And Providers Anxiou Cfkq Viewpoints: Controversy Taints IRS Efforts On Health Law; Another Chance To Gut The Overhaul In The Courts; Salt Wrongly Accused
Thursday, Jun 11 2009Bush, Kennedy in Negotiations Over Patients ; Rights BillWhite House officials and Sen. Edward Kennedy D-Mass. have begun intensive discussions in an attempt to reach an agreement on a patients bill of rights that would combine elements of the House and Senate versions passed last year, the New York Times reports. Kennedy, along with Sens. John Edwards D-N.C. and John McCain R-Ariz. , sponsored the Senate-passed version, which contains a more expansive right to sue insurers, while President Bush supported the House versio stanley deutschland n and threatened to veto the Kennedy bill last year. The two sides are reportedly discussing legislative language to define the standard of care to which insurers would be held when they make medical decisions. In a concession that could remove one of the main roadblocks to a compromise, aides to Kennedy have also indicated they may be willing to accept an arrangement in which patients right to sue w stanley usa ould be governed mainly by federal law, not by state laws regulating insurance or the quality of medical care, the Times reports, adding that such a design would apparently give insurers the uniformity they seek. In exchange, the White House would agree to allow lawsuits involving questions of medical j adidas campus 00s udgment and medical necessity to be filed in state courts, which are generally considered more favorable to plaintiffs. Insurers would be judged based on federal standards set forth in the patients rights law; under
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