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...Gephardt's Democratic rivals, only former Vermont Governor Howard Dean criticized his proposal - on the record, at least. Dean, a physician, plans to make health care a centerpiece of his own campaign, called the Gephardt plan expensive and impractical; his own idea centers on expanding medicaid, and he contends he could achieve universal health coverage at half the cost of the Gephardt proposal. He promises to spell out the details, including its costs, when he gives the commencement address on June 4 at his alma mater, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine...
Even by the standards of hardball lobbying, it's a startling claim: suicides will surge if a bill to restrain Medicaid spending on prescription drugs is passed. But that's what one lobbyist for Eli Lilly said to Minnesota state Rep. Fran Bradley's face recently. "My phone has rung off the hook with people telling me I'm going to cause a severalfold increase in suicides," said Bradley, a Republican who previously won awards from state mental-health advocates for his progressive legislation...
Romney also proposed to save $60 million by restructuring health and human services in Massachusetts. His plan has met opposition from advocates for the poor, elderly and ill, who say that that Romney’s savings will come at the expense of services including Medicaid and nursing care. Their arguments are convincing, as Romney has already announced that he will close 36 “underutilized” health and human services offices, which will inherently reduce access to these services...
...Statewide programs that allow family members of Medicaid recipients to receive stipends for caring for them...
...handful of states have embraced the Medicaid idea. In New Mexico, for example, 6,238 Medicaid recipients have family members or friends providing basic, nonmedical care for them at a fee of $9 an hour, says Crystal Mata, manager of the program for the state's human-services department. Nearly 60% of those receiving care are 65 or older. Caregivers are required to take 12 hours of training each year, including CPR and first aid. The training is provided by 107 social-service agencies in the state, says Suzette Lindemuth, director of Senior Living Systems, a Los Lunas, N.M., personal...