Word: medicaid
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...rising level of federal Medicaid reimbursement to the states, which helps pay for medical care for the poor, could be better controlled by pegging increases to the Consumer Price Index. The National Institutes of Health, whose budget has increased more than 50% since 1981, could withstand a 5% cutback without endangering vital programs...
...pace picks up halfway through the first act, when Denuar arrives at Saint M's and blackmails Dr. Lyfe into helping with the subterfuge. But a civic-minded faction of the hospital's staff, outraged over the chief of staff's Medicaid scam, learns of Denuar's plan. Led by the hospital's German-accented head nurse, the authoritarian Barb Dwyer (Jon Blackstone), the insurgents resolve to bring down Dr. Lyfe while winning the fortune for themselves. They will share their information with one of the billionaire's daughters in exchange for a share of her inheritance...
...explosion in medical premiums hits business especially hard. Except for Government workers and those covered by Medicare and Medicaid, most Americans are insured against medical expenses through private employers. To provide that coverage, U.S. companies will pay $130 billion in insurance premiums this year, up from $110 billion...
...number of AIDS victims grows to a projected 400,000, the cost of their treatment will total more than $37 billion, estimates the California-based Rand Corp., a private research institute. Much of that money will come from public health programs like Medicare and Medicaid, and from the pockets of the victims themselves. But $10 billion or so could be paid out by private insurance firms. A recent study, by Massachusetts Actuaries Michael Cowell and Walter Hoskins, predicts that by the year 2000, AIDS-related deaths could cost life insurance companies up to $50 billion. Asks William Carroll, executive director...
...approved, these funds could help patients like Archie Harrison, 32, of New York City, who is caught in a vexing Catch-22. Harrison took part in a Retrovir trial and is now well enough to resume his career as an actor. But if he works, he may lose his Medicaid benefits. "AZT has gotten me to the point where I can think about a normal life," he says. "I don't want to have to decide not to take the drug...