Penelope Lemov

Recent Articles

• Guess Who's Coming to the ER?
• Sep 1, 2006
• It turns out that lower-income people are not the ones clogging up emergency rooms.

• A Dose of Transparency
• Sep 1, 2006
• State-sponsored Web sites are enabling consumers to compare hospital and physician prices and performance.

• Risk Reduction
• May 1, 2006
• Government-backed reinsurance could make health coverage more affordable for the middle class.

• The Job of Patients
• Mar 1, 2006
• Health savings accounts can spur consumers to shop for the best care at the lowest price. But these insurance plans also carry a lot of risk.

• Capping Medicaid Costs
• Mar 1, 2006
• Florida and Kentucky are custom-tailoring the benefits package in an effort to make fiscal sense of the program.

• Talk of the Town
• Jan 1, 2006
• It's time to walk people through the choices they have to make in order to get health care that works for everyone.

• Drowning In Choices
• Nov 1, 2005
• Under Florida's newly approved waiver, Medicaid patients will have to slog through all the fine print that is a health insurance plan.

• Wellness: Carrots and Sticks
• Sep 1, 2005
• There's danger in expecting wellness programs to work miracles and abandoning them when they don't.
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• From the Top: Michael Leavitt Speaks Up and Out
• Aug 1, 2005
• A few weeks ago, Governing sat down with Michael Leavitt, the U.S. Health and Human Services secretary and former governor of Utah, to talk about changes that could be in store for the Medicaid program. Here are some key points he made.

• Medicaid on the Ramparts
• Jul 1, 2005
• It's time for the states to break down Congress's door with some basic solutions to the sustainability problem.

• Nexium's Start Turn
• May 1, 2005
• As TV ads hype the demand for costly brand-name drugs, those who pay Medicaid's pill bill are fighting back.

• Setting Limits on Medicaid
• Mar 1, 2005
• From TennCare's end to Florida's proposed new beginning, state Medicaid programs are working through difficult times.

• Adjusting for Age
• Mar 1, 2005
• A new accounting rule could seriously undermine the health insurance that states and localities provide to their retirees.

• California Dreamin'
• Jan 1, 2005
• Piecemeal reforms show the unwillingness of policy makers to take bold steps to deal with the nation's health care crisis.

• Is Bigger Better?
• Dec 1, 2004
• Muni Bond Numbers Decline and Fall