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Medicaid

  • News

    May 23, 2012

    OptumHealth's Mad Medicine

    Pierce County's controversial privatization of mental-health services has driven some patients to extremes.

  • News

    October 19, 2011

    Reading the Labels

    The new rule that gives law enforcement a look inside your medicine cabinet.

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2011

    Washington Department of Health Announces Plan to Let Cops and Others Track the Drugs You Take

    ​Here's an exercise: Make a list of the people you think should know what prescription drugs you take. Are law enforcement officers on that list? How about Medicaid service distributors or worker's compensation auditors? No? Well, too bad. They'll soon get to see your records anyway.

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Tacoma Doctor Richard Waltman Asks for Pay Cut--and Is Rejected

    ​As we all know, doctors make a lot of money--too much money, some would say, looking at our desperate need to reduce the cost of health care. American doctors in particular are excessively well paid; they earn on average four times more than their French counterparts. It's notable therefore t ... More >>

  • News

    February 23, 2011

    Planned Parenthood Pushback

    Why is the family-values party devaluing families?

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Abortion Foes Should Stop Attacking Planned Parenthood and Start Promoting Immigration

    ​The newly conservative House of Representatives voted on Friday to eliminate all federal funding for Planned Parenthood in an attempt to derail abortion services. The political gamesmanship, which now moves on to the Senate, ignores the fact that abortion rates have already dropped dramatical ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2010

    Seattle Times Expose of State's New Medicaid System Gets Attacked By DSHS

    ​On Saturday, The Seattle Times ran a a front-page story detailing the many failures of Washington's new computer system for processing Medicaid payments. The article claimed the system, known as ProviderOne, is "plagued with glitches," over-budget, and poorly planned. It also alleged the syst ... More >>

  • News

    December 1, 2010

    Whose Dole Is It, Anyway?

    Many economists report that, far from being leeches, immigrants pay more in taxes than they receive in services.

  • News

    December 1, 2010

    Mexican Macro-Economics

    Do undocumented migrants steal jobs from American workers?

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    San Francisco to Propose Ban on Circumcisions

    ​When we last checked in on our brethren by the Bay, San Francisco had just voted to forbid fast food joints from putting toys in kids meals. Thankfully, the city isn't only about depriving children of items, it also wants to ensure that kids are able to keep certain things--mainly their fores ... More >>

  • News

    August 25, 2010

    Charity Mace

    Unemployed "99ers" pose a toxic threat to overwhelmed social-service agencies.

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    Child Nutrition and Food Stamp Funding: God Does Not Give With Both Hands

    flickr user Ben SamSchool lunch: about to get better​It was an eventful week in the Senate, particularly on the subject of food. The good news: yesterday the Senate passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which, if signed into law, will give $4.5 billion over 10 years to fund federal child ... More >>

  • News

    April 7, 2010

    Will ObamaCare Heal Our Basic Health Plan?

    Money from the federal government could be a big help.

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    Maria Cantwell, Citing Questionable Figures, Announces "Rescue" of Washington's Basic Health Plan

    The feds may help the Basic Health Plan, but with far less money than Cantwell suggests.​State officials said last week that ObamaCare isn't likely to bail out the cash-strapped Basic Health Plan--at least not until 2014, when the bill's major provisions kick in. Yesterday, however, Senator Ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    ObamaCare Won't Bail Out Washington's Basic Health Plan

    The Legislature is still scrounging around for funding to support the state's insurance program.​With the passage of "historic" federal health care reform, we no longer have to worry about funding the state's Basic Health Plan, right? Wrong. State officials say that the state-run program, whi ... More >>

  • News

    March 10, 2010

    Pain in the Meds

    Drug-store chains aren't getting very far in their effort to squeeze more money from Medicaid in this state.

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2010

    Walgreens Joins Bartell's in Game of Medicaid Chicken And Seemingly Came to Play

    After Feb. 15, don't include Medicaid drugs on your list.​Contrary to media reports (well, ok, my media report) last week, which suggested other pharmacies were unlikely to join local chain Bartell Drugs in abandoning Medicaid prescriptions in Washington, Walgreens is threatening today to do j ... More >>

  • News

    January 13, 2010

    Bartell's and the Drug War

    The Seattle chain cuts its Medicaid losses.

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    Drug War: Washington Pharmacies in a Game of Medicaid Chicken With the State

    You want some of these? Good luck if you're on Medicaid.​Yesterday's announcement by Bartell Drugs that it's going to stop filling Medicaid prescriptions at 15 of its 57 stores is the latest salvo in a battle that's been going on for months. The pharmacies are trying to pressure Washington i ... More >>

  • News

    December 30, 2009

    Hang on for Obamacare

    Just don’t get sick for four years.

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    If Christine Gregoire Takes Away Your Healthcare, The Feds Will Save You... in 2014

    Cantwell and her fellow senators are building a health care safety net. Unfortunately, it might not be ready in time.​Under the 2010 budget proposed earlier this month by Gov. Chris Gregoire, 65,000 people will be kicked out of the state's Basic Health Care plan. The plan covers families who e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell Play Nice on Health Care Reform Bill, Miss Out on Extra Goodies

    If Washington's donkeys had acted more like this donkey there's no telling what kind of cool crap the state could have gotten.​Playing well with others works really well in kindergarten. But in Congress, the real rewards come when you stop being nice, and start getting real. Real, real stubbor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Sen. Murray on the Stimulus Package

    The U.S. Senate passed its version of the stimulus package as pushed by the Obama Administration. It was no surprise that both of Washington's Democratic Senators voted in favor of the $838 billion measure. The House version of the bill is $19 billion less and the difference between the two will be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2008

    Debating Debate

    The U.S. Senate passed its version of the stimulus package as pushed by the Obama Administration. It was no surprise that both of Washington's Democratic Senators voted in favor of the $838 billion measure. The House version of the bill is $19 billion less and the difference between the two will be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2008

    A Fireside Chat With Grover Norquist

    The U.S. Senate passed its version of the stimulus package as pushed by the Obama Administration. It was no surprise that both of Washington's Democratic Senators voted in favor of the $838 billion measure. The House version of the bill is $19 billion less and the difference between the two will be ... More >>

  • Music

    October 17, 2007

    Slim McCarroll, R.I.P.

    Beloved rocker's death brings a deadly issue to the fore.

  • News

    July 5, 2006

    Form, Meet Function

    Beloved rocker's death brings a deadly issue to the fore.

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2006

    Wednesday Telegraph Room

    Beloved rocker's death brings a deadly issue to the fore.

  • News

    May 17, 2006

    Medicare I Can't Afford

    Beloved rocker's death brings a deadly issue to the fore.

  • News

    March 8, 2006

    The Plan to Nowhere?

    The region's ambitious 10-year timetable to end homelessness is in serious trouble, undercut and underfunded. The Bush administration is sending mixed signals, and things are about to get worse.

  • News

    February 8, 2006

    Always a Crisis, Never a Solution

    Again, state cuts threaten King County services for indigent mentally ill people.

  • News

    September 28, 2005

    Miraculous They're Not

    Study: Newer antipsychotic drugs are little improvement.

  • News

    July 13, 2005

    UW's 'Culture' of Fraud

    The whistle-blower in the medical-billing scandal has more info.

  • News

    May 4, 2005

    Media, University of Washington

    The whistle-blower in the medical-billing scandal has more info.

  • News

    January 26, 2005

    Wenatchee Watch

    Republican Dino Rossi loses the opening round and precious time in litigation challenging the election of Gov. Christine Gregoire.

  • News

    January 5, 2005

    Retabulation 2004, Health Care, Business

    Republican Dino Rossi loses the opening round and precious time in litigation challenging the election of Gov. Christine Gregoire.

  • News

    December 22, 2004

    Mindful Reform

    It's time for lawmakers to reconsider how we treat and care for the mentally ill.

  • News

    June 30, 2004

    How Broad Was Fraud?

    While UW Medical was ripping off Medicare, say whistle-blowers, private insurers and patients were overbilled, too.

  • News

    May 12, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    "America would never let this happen if we were talking about diabetes, hypertension, or some other chronic medical illness."

  • News

    May 5, 2004

    Give Them Shelter

    This is insane. Already in crisis, public services for the mentally ill will get slashed again at year's end. The toll in King County alone will be another 2,000 low-income patients left without services or treatment.

  • Film

    March 24, 2004

    This Week's Attractions

    This is insane. Already in crisis, public services for the mentally ill will get slashed again at year's end. The toll in King County alone will be another 2,000 low-income patients left without services or treatment.

  • News

    October 8, 2003

    Facts Revolt

    Can a Democrat win the White House by promising to raise taxes? New York Times columnist Paul Krugman doesn't know, but he says raise taxes we must.

  • News

    February 26, 2003

    Street Asylum

    Budget cuts are leaving a homeless, mentally ill population with few options.

  • News

    February 19, 2003

    Diagnosis: Hopeless

    Washington's health care system is not working for the poor, middle-class retirees, or doctors. Will any politicians respond to the impending crash?

  • News

    January 15, 2003

    Brain Damage

    The billing scandal at UW Medical is far from over, and the penalties could be in the tens of millions of dollars.

  • News

    January 17, 2001

    Scrap this cabinet

    The billing scandal at UW Medical is far from over, and the penalties could be in the tens of millions of dollars.

  • News

    November 15, 2000

    "With a few artsy-fartsy exceptions, Ballard is wonderfully unhip. I hope it stays that way."

    The billing scandal at UW Medical is far from over, and the penalties could be in the tens of millions of dollars.

  • News

    November 8, 2000

    A mysterious cavity

    The billing scandal at UW Medical is far from over, and the penalties could be in the tens of millions of dollars.

  • News

    March 31, 1999

    The GOP forces a stalemate in the House, but some lucky bills might sneak by.

    The billing scandal at UW Medical is far from over, and the penalties could be in the tens of millions of dollars.

  • News

    July 1, 1998

    Smoking kills in court, too

    Don't look for the KO: Washington state's case against tobacco companies figures to die out.

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