The Heartland Institute

New evidence indicates a major portion of Massachusetts’ uncompensated care pool went to subsidize the state’s Medicaid program during the past decade, primarily through sloppy practices, lack of oversight, and overcharges—a problem which may become national under President Obama’s health care law. The uncompensated care pool ...

The California version of Medicaid, called Medi-Cal, will mandate the enrollment of about 400,000 of its patients in a state-sponsored managed-care plan over the next year. The plan, designed to help the state cope with rising Medicaid costs, will effect Medi-Cal patients in San Francisco and fifteen other counties. California ...