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States simplify Medicaid applications, offer presumptive eligibility to improve outreach
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Vermont targets inconsistent practice patterns in state
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Each month, this page features selected short items about state health-care policy digested from newspapers around the country.
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Lawmakers in 21 states expected to consider bills that make it easier for consumers to sue their plans
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The push by state legislators to mandate that health plans offer specific benefits and use specific clinical practice standards eased somewhat in 1997, according to the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Associations annual report on state health legislation trends.
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A lawsuit by a consumer advocacy group against Blue Cross Blue Shield of the National Capital Area has once again focused attention on what happens to Blues assets when they merge or convert to for-profit status.
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Health-risk adjustment of premiums not only promotes fairer compensation among health plans but it also can help ensure that consumers have adequate choice of providers in their markets, experts say.
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