Dylan Scott

Recent Articles

• HHS Announces New Exchange Funding Opportunities for States
• Jun 29, 2012
• States will have 10 new opportunities to apply for federal funding to develop their health insurance exchanges outlined in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Friday.

• Health Ruling Sets Up Potential Fallout for Federalism
• Jun 29, 2012
• For the first time, the U.S. Supreme Court declared an act of Congress to be unconstitutionally coercive toward states.
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• Five More States Receive NCLB Waivers
• Jun 29, 2012
• Another five states will receive waivers from federal education mandates under No Child Left Behind, the U.S. Department of Education announced Friday, bringing the total number of waiver states to 24.

• Southern States Have Become Job-Training Leaders
• Jun 29, 2012
• Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and South Carolina have quietly positioned themselves as leaders in the job-training effort. Each state’s program is unique, but they share some commonalities.
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• Legislating Social Media in the States
• Jun 29, 2012
• States are confronting the challenges of protecting passwords, regulating status updates and other issues surrounding a new world with Facebook and Twitter.
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• Twitter Impersonators Take Public Officials' Image
• Jun 29, 2012
• Satirical accounts for politicians and public officials are almost as numerous as their real-life counterparts.

• States, Cities Use Social Networks to Test Open Records Laws and Transparency Goals
• Jun 29, 2012
• Governments' Facebook and Twitter activity presents a distinct challenge for states and localities committed to transparency.

• Supreme Court Ruling: Uncertain Future for Medicaid Expansion
• Jun 28, 2012
• The decision leaves an apparent loophole for states to opt out of the law's Medicaid eligibility expansion.
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• Supreme Court Upholds Health-Care Law with Mandate
• Jun 28, 2012
• The justices voted 5-4 to uphold the Affordable Care Act, effectively declaring the law’s individual mandate and Medicaid expansion to be constitutional.
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• After Court Ruling, States Turn to Health Exchanges
• Jun 28, 2012
• Some states are set to pick up the pace on establishing their insurance exchanges, while others could wait for the November election.
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• Alaska Medicaid Fined $1.7M for Possible Patient Data Breach
• Jun 27, 2012
• Alaska's Medicaid office will pay $1.7 million to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for possible violations of a federal law that protects patient privacy.
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• Report: School Nutrition Standards Could Improve Health and Revenue
• Jun 26, 2012
• New nationalized nutrition standards for schools could improve student health, while also increasing revenue, according to a new report from the Health Impact Project.
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• Citizens United Supersedes State Laws: Supreme Court
• Jun 25, 2012
• The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the 2010 Citizens United decision, which allowed corporations to spend unlimited money on elections, superseded a Montana law that limited corporate election spending.
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• Report: ACA Prevention Fund at Work in State and Local Public Health
• Jun 20, 2012
• Federal, state and local public health initiatives have received more than $1 billion from the ACA funding stream, with billions more to come if the law stands.
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• Community Commons Brings Local Health Initiatives Together
• Jun 19, 2012
• A new social network helps local health departments and community organizations connect, stay up-to-date on emerging trends and mine through extensive data sets.