Savings methods absent from Massachusetts Medicaid waiver request
The latest Massachusetts request for a Medicaid waiver renewal from the federal government assumes Safety Net Hospitals will significantly reduce costs for the state’s Medicaid program. Unfortunately, no new methods for such cost reductions are specified in the waiver request, reports Loren Heal of Heartland's Health Care News.
HHS Criticizes 'Unreasonable' Health Insurance Rate Hikes
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius recently announced the health insurance premium rate increases proposed for five states by Trustmark Life Insurance Company were “unreasonable," reports Marc Kilmer in The Heartlander.
Music Piracy Is a Real Crime
Many people consider music piracy to be nothing but downloading music "for free." What they may not full understand that is that downloading a song or album off the Web without paying for it is a crime, reports the Detroit Free Press.
Labor Unions Get Lion's Share of Final ACA Waivers
The Obama administration released a final list of waivers from the costly mandates of President Obama’s health care law—a list including an overwhelming number of union members, reports Loren Heal of the Heartland Institute.
Head in the Cloud
Politico's Morning Tech reports on IPI's 4th annual Communications Summit. "The public debate about cloud computing is over," Dan Burton, an executive with Salesforce.com, said at an IPI policy summit Wednesday. "Everyone agrees that the government has to go to the cloud."
Wireless Carriers Will Need Government Spectrum for Broadband Use, Executives Say
Bloomberg's Paul Barbagallo reports from IPI's 4th annual Communications Summit that industry experts say wireless carriers need more spectrum than the estimated 60 MHz to 120 MHz that will be reclaimed from television broadcasters under the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act.
Capitol Hill
Adam Bender of Communications Daily reports on the latest on a retransmission consent system from IPI's 4th annual Communications Summit.
Spectrum Allocation Proves to Be Uphill Battle
Katie Ardmore of Communications Daily reports that the quest to solve the spectrum crunch is far from over, according to industry experts at IPI's 4th annual Communications Summit.
Spectrum auctions said to be just a 'down payment'
Politico's Eliza Krigman reports from IPI's 4th annual Communications Summit that incentive auctions authorized by the spectrum deal are “a down payment” in terms of what the U.S. needs in terms of access to airwaves.
Wireless Industry Already Looking Ahead for More Spectrum
National Journal's Juliana Gruenwald reports that wireless-industry officials urge policymakers to start looking for other sources of spectrum.
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