News on Medicaid

Environmental Traits, Mom's Obesity Tied to Type 1 Diabetes

2010-11-02T13:56:27Z

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New Research Presented at Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease Indicates Alzheimer's Disease May Lead to Increased Comorbid Conditions and Economic Burden

2010-11-02T12:39:35Z

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Aspirin Found Cost-Effective in Newly Diagnosed Diabetes

2010-10-27T09:18:13Z

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Many antipsychotic users not getting needed tests

2010-04-16T07:55:07Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who take newer drugs for schizophrenia and other psychotic conditions are supposed to have their blood sugar and cholesterol levels checked regularly but many don't, according to a study released today.

These so-called "second-generation" antipsychotic drugs, which include olanzapine (Zyprexa), risperidone (Medicaid costs associated with each enrollment group; and the decade long trend between enrollment and Medicaid spending.

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Medicaid Cuts Fallout

2010-12-13T12:32:10Z

FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2010, file photo, 13-year-old Carlos Olivas paces in front of the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix to help raise money for his friend Francisco Felix who was denied a liver transplant because Sarrell Dental Center office in a depressed neighborhood in Bessemer, Ala. Sarrell Dental, a non-profit corporation that treats young people on Medicaid, is at odds with the Robert Hansen sells copies of the street paper "Real Change," outside a grocery store in Seattle's Seward Park neighborhood. Hansen and most other poor adults without young children don't qualify for Medicaid. The proposals in Congress would expand Medicaid coverage to people like Hansen. In the leading Senate proposa...

Hospice Cares For Terminally Ill During Final Days

2010-03-31T07:12:56Z

LAKEWOOD, CO - OCTOBER 07: Volunteers assist terminally ill patient Jackie Beattie, 83, back to her room after she released a dove on October 7, 2009 while at the Hospice of Saint John in Denver, Colorado. The dove releases are part of an animal t...