Dylan Scott

Recent Articles

• Poll: Health Exchanges Should Be Top Priority for Legislatures
• Jan 24, 2013
• Americans want their governors and state lawmakers focused on creating health insurance marketplaces in the current legislative sessions, according to a poll released Tuesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation, while a solid majority of the public also wants their state to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

• Health Reform Timelines Called Into Question Again
• Jan 23, 2013
• Some state officials think the upcoming deadlines for health exchanges are unrealistic. A few are even floating the idea of an extension.

• Florida Gov. Scott Proposes Pay Raise for Teachers
• Jan 23, 2013
• Though his administration has often clashed with teachers unions, Florida Gov. Rick Scott extended an olive branch of sorts Wednesday: a $2,500 for all full-time public school teachers in the state.
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• Outgoing Nebraska Senator to Head Insurance Commissioner Group
• Jan 22, 2013
• Retiring U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) is moving from the Capitol to the association circuit, where he will take over as president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

• Delaware Sets Early Example for Partnership Health Exchanges
• Jan 21, 2013
• States have until Feb. 15 to decide if they want to partner with the feds on their health exchange. Delaware is one state to already choose that route.

• Agriculture Secretary Asks Mayors to Push Farm Bill
• Jan 18, 2013
• Lost in the chaos of Congress's last-minute passage of legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff this month was the farm bill -- ever the undercard -- and the reality that the hodgepodge of food and agriculture provisions is still sitting on the U.S. House's proverbial desk, expired and needing reauthorization.

• Why GOP Governors Are Coming Around on the Medicaid Expansion
• Jan 16, 2013
• Despite their opposition to Obama's health-care reform law, a handful of Republican governors have come out in support of expanding Medicaid recently.
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• HHS Rebrands Health Exchanges as 'Marketplaces'
• Jan 16, 2013
• In an effort to raise public awareness about the ACA, health insurance exchanges -- websites similar to Expedia where people can purchase health coverage -- will now be called 'health insurance marketplaces.'
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• What if State Law Doesn't Comply with the Affordable Care Act?
• Jan 16, 2013
• Nearly a dozen states haven't passed laws to conform their state code with the federal law's health insurance reforms.

• Space Satellite Connects Rural Health Clinics to Broadband
• Jan 15, 2013
• To connect mobile health units in the hills of rural New England with broadband access, policymakers are looking up -- all the way to space.

• Design Plays Limited Role in Improving School Safety
• Jan 14, 2013
• In the wake of the Newtown, Conn., shootings, some states are pumping money into school safety improvements. But there are few options for change.
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• Brown Proposes County-Level Medicaid Expansion in California
• Jan 11, 2013
• In one of two plans he proposed for implementing the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion, California Gov. Jerry Brown has suggested that his state try something different: expand the low-income insurance program on a county-by-county basis.

• U.S. Chamber of Commerce Uncommitted on Medicaid Expansion
• Jan 10, 2013
• A coalition is coalescing in support of the Medicaid expansion, sparking a nationwide effort to convince skeptical governors and legislators that accepting a windfall of federal money to expand the low-income insurance is a good thing for their state. But those advocates shouldn’t expect the ready help of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce any time soon.

• Nation's Governors Focus Energy on Federal Deficit Reduction
• Jan 9, 2013
• Entering the new year, the nation’s governors are focused on having a role in the federal conversations around deficit reduction and comprehensive tax reform, according to the vision laid out by Delaware Gov. Jack Markell and Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin at the National Governors Association’s inaugural State of the States address Wednesday.

• Mental Health Care Transformation Coming to America
• Jan 9, 2013
• Two federal laws -- and state implementation of their provisions -- are overhauling insurance coverage for the mentally ill.
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