Fearing a shortage of primary care doctors who will take Medicaid patients after the 2014 expansion of the program, Congress has passed la temporary pay raise. more

This first-of-its-kind database compiles and categorizes promising practices states employ to combat Medicaid fraud and abuse. more

The Affordable Care Act is here to stay. But in order for it to be fully effective, states have to cooperate. Many of them don’t want to. more

Washington state ended its basic dental coverage for Medicaid-eligible adults in January 2011. Proponents for restoring the coverage say the lack of preventive care for the uninsured has driven up costs for those who have coverage, and forced those without coverage to have their dental health deteriorate into even more costly situations. more

For the third year in a row, new data from the federal government shows that Medicaid, and health care spending generally, is growing slower than before the recession. Spending per beneficiary actually went down.