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John Umphress

John Umphress has spent more than two decades researching and writing about public health policy and other topics within the public policy arena, covering advocacy organizations, state and local government agencies and the Texas Legislature.

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Managed Care Presents Advantages, Challenges for Medicaid

Posted Administrator Account on 9/27/2011
While private managed care has become a popular means of extending Medicaid coverage, a recent survey of the programs in each of the 50 states illustrate that private managed care plans don’t always deliver the savings that policy makers expect.

Health Interests Weigh In as Deficit Committee Begins Work

Posted Administrator Account on 9/13/2011
A bipartisan “super committee”, created in the deal to raise the federal debt ceiling, has begun looking at ways to reduce federal spending.

Republican Governors Offer Medicaid Reforms

Posted Administrator Account on 9/13/2011
The Republican Governors Association, claiming that the federal government has been pushing Medicaid cost to the states in the name of deficit reduction, has issued a report suggesting a number of ways to reform the Medicaid program.