HUFFINGTON
08.19.12
PROGNOSIS UNCLEAR
have until Nov. 16 to submit their
plans for federal approval.
Meantime, the Supreme Court’s
decision allowed states to opt out
of the health care law’s planned
expansion of Medicaid to 13 million poor people. Already, Republican governors in states, including
Texas and Florida, have said they
won’t broaden the program, which
the federal and state governments
jointly run. The Congressional
Budget Office predicts the Court’s
ruling on Medicaid will result in
3 million fewer uninsured people
gaining health coverage.
WILL THERE BE ENOUGH DOCTORS?
Health care reform isn’t supposed
to just get people on health insurance — it’s intended to help people
establish a steady relationship with
a doctor who can help them with
routine medical care and manage
any chronic ailments they have.
At the Johns Hopkins Hospital,
many of the thousands of patients
treated in the emergency department every month would be bet-
Sharon
Featherstone
tracks
inventory
at the Johns
Hopkins
Hospital
on Aug. 7.