G20 Pittsburgh Day One, Fascist Police State security out in force
The Stench of Truth 221 Clips from the G20 Thursday September 24, 2009. Pittsburgh PA. I was disappointed by the lack of economic protesting in the area that I was, but I could not get around too easily to see the G20 Resistance Project which was approaching the city from the other side. Free Tibet put on a good show. The G4 20 group for Marijuana was present as well as anti-abortion protesters. I handed out leaflets to a mostly receptive audience. 9/11 was an inside job people were present but not very vocal. My Leaflet: DONT JUST PROTEST DEMAND ACTION 1)All policies that originate with the G20 are aimed at helping financial institutions, banks, and insurance companies. 2)The economic collapse that the world has experienced has been a direct result of FINANCIAL SPECULATION, by banks and financial institutions. 3)The entities that have CAUSED our economic woes have been REWARDED with bailouts, and have had their risk underwritten by the taxpayers. 4)Economic policy has left people defenseless and at the mercy of corporations and banks. 5)We are now being told that the recession is over even though unemployment hovers around 10% nationally, officially, unofficially it has been estimated as high as 25%. 6)Wall Street needs to be MADE TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE, with a TOBIN TAX on all Wall Street financial transactions including derivatives. A 1% TOBIN TAX will generate revenue to allow for funding of vital programs like Medicare, Social Security, and beleaguered states in the …
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State experiences in social services planning: Eight case studies on social services planning in response to Title XX of the Social Security Act
State experiences in social services planning: Eight case studies on social services planning in response to Title XX of the Social Security Act
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Medicaid And The Limits of State Health Reform (Michael
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Indiana State Treasurer Richard Mourdock Details Fallout from Chrysler Bankruptcy
Driving in the Wrong Direction: The Sordid Details and Lasting Consequences of the Bush/Obama Auto Industry Intervention www.cato.org POLICY FORUM Thursday, October 15, 2009 12:00 PM Featuring Richard Mourdock, Treasurer, State of Indiana and Representative of the Indiana State Pension Funds Objecting to the Chrysler Bankruptcy Plan; and David A. Skeel, Professor of Corporate Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School. Moderated by Daniel J. Ikenson, Associate Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute. According to their own interpretation of events, the Bush and then Obama administrations rescued the entire US auto industry from imminent disaster and total failure. But in fact, a potential collapse only threatened General Motors and Chrysler, whose years of bad decision-making had finally caught up with them. Pouring cash into these two corporate clunkers may have “saved” them, for now, but in the process other companies were penalized, laws were circumvented, property rights were trampled, and America’s tradition of free enterprise was badly damaged. This Forum’s panelists, who have been vigilant in their warnings about the dangers of such interventions, will discuss the ramifications of diverting TARP funds for unauthorized purposes, circumventing long-established bankruptcy procedures, violating secured creditors’ rights, and failing to maintain a proper separation between economy and state.
Categories: Pension Tags: Bankruptcy, Chrysler, Details, Fallout, from, Indiana, Mourdock, Richard, State, Treasurer
Tactical Planning for a State of Readiness
View this Lecture for FREE by signing up at www.prolibraries.com Viewany number of our other 28000 sessions from over 280 conferences by going to www.prolibraries.com Speaker(s) Donna Bednarski, MSN, RN, ANP-BC, CNN, CNP Glenda Payne, MS, RN, CNN Judith Kari, LMSW Tactical Planning for a State of Readiness – American Nephrology Nurses Association Fall Meeting 2008 The purpose of ANNA’s Fall Meeting is to provide nurses in all roles within nephrology an opportunity to learn and problem solve together. The conference will help you address the challenges of providing care to individuals with chronic kidney disease within a variety of clinical settings across the continuum of kidney disease therapies.Remember, if you attended this meeting you have Free Access to this content! Click here for more information.All invited faculty members and planning committee members participating in an ANNA-sponsored program are required to disclose any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest that may have a direct bearing on the subject matter of the educational activity. To review speaker disclosures, click hereThe presence of any product, company, or corporation in any recording or content in no way signifies an endorsement of the product, company or corporation by ANCC Commission on Accreditation or the American Nephrology Nurses’ Association (ANNA). Contact Hours available through: 11/1/2010Please note: Learners may earn contact hours (for recertification or relicensure) for each …
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New Medicare and Medicaid Data Released: Features Up-to-Date Enrollment Trends, State Initiatives, Regional Market Share and Prescription Drug Benefits
Washington, DC (PRWEB) April 23, 2008
Atlantic Information Services, Inc. (AIS), publisher of industry-leading newsletters Health Plan Week, Medicare Advantage News and Drug Benefit News is pleased to announce publication of “Managed Medicare and Medicaid Factbook: 2008.” With close to 9 million Medicare enrollees and almost 30 million Medicaid recipients enrolled in managed care plans, it’s critical for health plans and other companies with a stake in this market place have up-to-date enrollment on all Medicare Advantage plans. For detailed information on this publication, go to http://www.aishealth.com/Products/gfb.html.
Available in print and CD formats, the “Managed Medicare and Medicaid Factbook: 2008″ is packed with rates, benefit designs, directories, trends and strategies on the Medicare Advantage program, Medicare Part D and managed Medicaid.
Medicare & Medicaid Factbook Can Help Companies:
Accurately forecast trends to develop more profitable bids in the future
Proactively minimize the blow caused by Medicare Advantage (MA) program cuts
Sustain growth and expand enrollment in MA prescription drug (MA-PD) plans and stand alone Prescription Drug Plans (PDPs)
Plan market moves into managed Medicaid
Track trends and market share stats in Medicare managed care and MA
This new 2008 edition of the “Managed Medicare and Medicaid Factbook” includes valuable information on enrollment trends, Medicare Advantage plan marketing, regional offerings and market share, state initiatives in Medicaid, prescription drug benefits, and mergers and acquisitions.
CD Version Allows Companies to Perform Quick Searches and Manipulate Data
CMS data in Excel spreadsheets, so you can see — and manipulate — the data in its raw form
Historical data of Medicare and Medicaid managed care plans
A directory of Special Needs Plans
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A complete user-friendly PDF version of the book for fast searching
For more information on AIS’s “Managed Medicare and Medicaid Factbook: 2008″ go to http://www.aishealth.com/Products/gfb.html.
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State Medicaid Programs To Distribute $380 Billion
Reston, VA (Vocus) August 20, 2008
With contracts expiring for as many as 21 state Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS) over the next five years, now is the time for vendors to push for health IT enhancements, according to a new report recently released by INPUT, the authority on government business. State Medicaid programs are expected to disburse $ 380 billion in the coming year. This amounts to nearly 22% of all state spending.
“State MMIS systems are primitive health information exchanges (HIEs),” said Kristina Mulholland, analyst for health care and social services at INPUT. “Since there has been a lack of major progress with private efforts in this area, the states and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will have to continue making the investments here. We’ve already seen this with CMS’s Medicaid Transformation Grants.”
INPUT expects MMIS’s to become the center of gravity for IT supporting state health IT and “e-health” efforts. The Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA) and the Medicaid Maturity Model (MMM) are also guiding the modernization of MMIS systems toward a flexible, quality-based orientation. However, these transformative tools and standards are only in their early stages.
“Vendors should not worry that the train has left the station. We’re talking about a process that will run ten years or more. But, numerous states will be seeking to issue proposals for preliminary systems planning services over the next year or two, so now is the time for vendors to begin making their names known in this space,” said Mulholland.
These findings and others were released in an INPUT Industry Insights Report, ”Vendors Seeking Health IT Opportunities will Find Them in State Medicaid Systems.” More details are available here.
INPUT’s Analyst Webinar – Medicaid: Leading the Health IT Transformation will be held Thursday, August 21, from 2:00-3:00pm EST. Join us to discuss how states are making investments to facilitate health information exchange through their Medicaid information systems. For more information or to register, please click here.
EDITOR’S NOTE: To speak with the report author regarding this release, please contact Helena Brito at hbrito@input.com or 703-707-4161.
About INPUT
INPUT is the authority on government business. Established in 1974, INPUT helps companies develop federal, state, and local government business and helps public sector organizations achieve their objectives. Over 1,300 member organizations, including small specialized companies, new entrants to the public sector, and the largest government contractors and agencies, rely on INPUT for the latest and most comprehensive procurement and market information, consulting, powerful sales management tools, and educational & networking events. For more information about INPUT, visit www.input.com or call 703-707-3500.
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Ron Paul: Bring the Troops Home, End the Welfare State, Stop Monetizing Debt
11/10/2010 – www.RonPaul.com Ron Paul reacts to the proposed cuts in spending, a massive overhaul of the tax code and reductions in Social Security benefits aimed to get the massive deficit under control. — Ron Paul is America’s leading voice for limited, constitutional government, low taxes, free markets, a return to sound monetary policies, and a sensible foreign policy that puts America first. For more information visit the following websites www.RonPaul.com http www.CampaignForLiberty.com http www.DailyPaul.com http www.RonPaul2012podcast.com
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Anthem Waives Contract Clause That Hindered State Health Insurance Plan
A state-run health insurance program may have an easier time contracting with hospitals after the state’s largest insurer agreed to waive a clause in its own contracts.
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Connecticut has a “most favored nation” clause in its contracts with medical providers that requires hospitals to offer Anthem the same or better discounts offered to other insurers. Anthem’s arrangement has made it difficult for the state-subsidized Charter Oak health plan program to secure contracts with hospitals.
Last month, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal asked Anthem to exempt Charter Oak, a program for uninsured adults that serves about 13,000. Anthem waived the clause on Wednesday, said Anthem spokeswoman Sarah Yeager.
“This agreement enables hospitals to freely accept Charter Oak without fear of financial repercussions from Anthem for breach of contract,” Blumenthal said Thursday.
Yeager said Anthem never intended to have hospitals pay Anthem at Charter Oak’s reimbursement rates.
“Anthem supports efforts and initiatives that expand health coverage to Connecticut’s uninsured and underinsured populations,” Yeager said.
In 2008, the state started offering the Charter Oak health plan to provide coverage to uninsured adults between 19 and 64. The state contracted with three private insurance plans — Aetna Better Health, AmeriChoice by United HealthCare and Community Health Network — to manage networks of doctors and hospitals for the Charter Oak plan. In December, 17 of 32 hospitals in Connecticut had agreements with Charter Oak insurers — none in Windham or Middlesex counties.
Blumenthal has an ongoing investigation into Anthem’s most-favored-nation clauses, which he said in December undermined competition and deterred hospital enrollment in Charter Oak.
“I am pleased that Anthem has recognized the need to carve out Charter Oak from this clause, but have continued concerns about the potential anti-competitive impact on the health insurance market,” Blumenthal said. “I commend the company for its continued cooperation in this important ongoing antitrust investigation.”
In the summer of 2008, the state started offering Charter Oak as a state-subsidized health plan to provide coverage to uninsured adults between 19 and 64. The state contracted with three private insurance plans — Aetna Better Health, AmeriChoice by United HealthCare and Community Health Network — to manage networks of doctors and hospitals for the Charter Oak plan.
Charter Oak, as any government-subsidized program such as Medicaid and Medicare, typically pays less to hospitals than commercial insurers. The most-favored-nation clause would require a hospital to offer Anthem rates as low as those offered to Charter Oak. Hospitals can’t afford to lose revenue from treating customers who have Anthem, which insures 1.5 million in Connecticut, by dropping the insurer to accept Charter Oak patients.
As of last month, hospitals that don’t participate in the Charter Oak plan included Bristol, Danbury, Day Kimball in Putnam, Griffin in Derby, Johnson Memorial in Stafford Springs, Lawrence & Memorial in New London, Middlesex, Midstate in Meriden, Milford, Norwalk, St. Francis, St. Vincent’s, Stamford, Waterbury and Windham.
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