Dylan Scott

Recent Articles

• Graduation Data Shows States Struggle with English Learners
• Dec 6, 2012
• Half of states graduate less than 60 percent of their students with limited English proficiency.
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• How a Minnesota County Solved the Medicaid Expansion Problem
• Dec 4, 2012
• A pilot program in Hennepin County, Minn., is providing better and cheaper care to low-income childless adults.

• Public Health Makes Its Case During Fiscal Cliff Talks
• Dec 3, 2012
• Advocates are trying to save public health programs from further cuts -- and persuade Congress that they can be their own deficit reduction tool.
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• Medicaid Expansion & States: Will They or Won’t They?
• Nov 30, 2012
• Faced with the decision to expand Medicaid or not in the wake of the federal health law ruling, states can be divided into three categories.
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• State Savings in Medicaid Expansion Outweigh Costs
• Nov 26, 2012
• If all 50 states choose to expand Medicaid under the federal health law, they would collectively save more than they would spend, reports a new analysis.
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• Waiting to Exhale: GPS Inhalers Identify Asthma Hotspots
• Nov 26, 2012
• Louisville, Ky., is pushing the limits of how government can use data to create a healthier living environment.
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• Medicaid Teetering on the Fiscal Cliff
• Nov 21, 2012
• How Washington resolves its looming financial obligations could have major implications for the low-income insurance program.

• HHS Releases Final Rules on Essential Health Benefits
• Nov 21, 2012
• With reelection in its rearview mirror, the Obama administration released a flurry of Affordable Care Act (ACA) regulations Tuesday, including new specifics about health plans to be sold on health exchanges.

• HHS Proposes Coverage Rules for Medicaid Expansion
• Nov 20, 2012
• The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has outlined for the first time the coverage that states must offer new Medicaid enrollees if they decide to expand the program.

• State Courts Go Digital as Budget Pressures Mount
• Nov 15, 2012
• State judiciaries see technology as a means of becoming more efficient and saving money.
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• Republican Governors Ask Obama for More Time on Health Exchanges
• Nov 15, 2012
• Faced with the reality that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will be fully implemented after President Barack Obama's reelection, Republican governors are asking for a sitdown with the White House to discuss state-level implementation -- and more time to plan their health exchanges.
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• How Higher Education Could Save Medicaid
• Nov 13, 2012
• Three states have experimented with bringing public universities on as full partners in administering the low-income insurance program.

• Health Exchange Deadline Extended for States
• Nov 9, 2012
• Just days after President Barack Obama's reelection, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has extended the deadline for states to file their health insurance exchange plans.

• Health Exchange Plans Become Clearer After Election
• Nov 9, 2012
• Governors are making their health exchange plans known as the Nov. 16 deadline approaches.

• What's Next for the Affordable Care Act?
• Nov 7, 2012
• Obama's reelection means implementation will continue, but much is left to the states.