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Second round of State Medicaid cuts go into effect today
By Katrina Robinson on Monday, 11 July 2011 - 7:41amUpdate July 11: In an attempt to cut an estimated $125 million in costs for the fiscal year, the second round of South Carolina Medicaid cuts take effect today.Starting today, in addition to the 3 percent across-the-board cuts from April, physician... More
Campaign donations and $24 million for Medicaid mental health pills come under fire in South Carolina
By Ken Hawkins on Sunday, 27 February 2011 - 9:33amAs South Carolina grapples with a $700 million budget deficit, it's also trying to right a Medicaid agency that's forecast to be $255 million in debt — and emerging as key mark in that battle is $24 million spent on three mental health drugs... More
A look inside South Carolina's looming Medicaid crisis
By Ken Hawkins on Monday, 22 November 2010 - 5:30pmYou probably remember the news about how South Carolina is on the edge of a Medicaid budgetary crisis and that a high-ranking state Senator was threatening to just shut the whole thing down taking away health insurance from some 1-in-6 South... More
Glenn McConnell: Let the people hurt, it will teach Washington
By Ken Hawkins on Tuesday, 12 October 2010 - 9:00amA legacy in the making:"A good lesson for our leaders and bureaucrats in Washington to know that when more people are added to the rolls that it will be those in dire need of governmental assistance who will be severely hurt when program money... More
In politics: 15% of South Carolinains at risk for losing health insurance
By Amanda Click on Tuesday, 5 October 2010 - 8:46amIn a push back against growing public insurance rosters during the recession, hundreds of thousands of South Carolinians' insurance policies are a risk along with billions in federal matching dollars.The Post and Courier has reviewed correspondences... More
McMaster, 7 other attorney generals threaten legal action against healthcare bill
By Ken Hawkins on Wednesday, 23 December 2009 - 7:30amIncensed that the healthcare bill will have South Carolina and other states subsidizing Nebraska's 100% reimbursement rate for Medicaid spending, South Carolina's attorney general has said he's looking into legal action. And Henry McMaster's not... More
S.C. Medicaid limiting doctor-hopping patients to one pharmacy
By Amanda Click on Thursday, 5 November 2009 - 8:59amThe South Carolina Medicaid agency is requiring a one pharmacy lock-in for patients suspected of doctor-hopping. Get this, a pilot project saved taxpayers $6,700 per patient in just nine months. The State has the story. More
