State Health Watch Archives – August 31, 1997
August 31, 1997
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Back Page Briefs
HMOs reach into rural areas, but enrollment still low -
Clip File
Each month, this page features selected short items about state health-care policy digested from newspapers around the country. -
Budget bill / Medicaid / DSH
Budget bill gives states what they wanted on Medicaid, but they lose out on DSH -
Dr. Survey / Managed Care
The national physician survey finds gatekeepers uncomfortable with expanding role. -
Kids Insurance Law
Key provisions in childrens insurance law -
NY Medicaid / Managed Care
Now that it has federal OK on Medicaid plan, New York must get enough plans, providers to participate. -
Rural Mental Health
MT overlooks family doctors role in mental health -
Uninsured Kids
States face a welcome dilemma: How to best spend $24 billion to cover nations uninsured children -
Wisconsin Medicaid Profits
Wisconsin audit cites excess profits in Medicaid -
NYC Funds / Primary Care
Poor New York City neighborhoods get funds for primary care sites