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Senate passes Medicaid reform package
â–¡ The reform is intend
ed to save taxpayers
money and provide
better services.
AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas
Senate approved Medicaid re
form legislation Thursday that is
meant to save taxpayer money
and provide better services to
more people in the safety-net
health care system for the poor.
“We believe that by passing
this legislation ... that we will
increase access to health care for
Medicaid clients and that we
will cut costs in doing so,” said
Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo,
load sponsor of the legislation.
The 13-measure package,
which now goes to the House for
consideration, would require a
federal waiver of some current
regulations, said Mrs. Zaffirini,
who heads the Senate Health
and Human Services Committee.
Senators voted 30-0 for the
main reform bill, and also unani
mously approved other measures
in the package on which record
votes were taken.
They split on amendments to
a bill concerning how health
care providers who currently
serve Medicaid patients would
be treated.
It is estimated that the pro
posed restructuring of the pro
gram would save the state $6.7
billion over the next five years
and expand Medicaid services to
500,000 more Texans, said Mrs.
Zaffirini. That’s on top of the ap
proximately 2.3 million who are
currently eligible.
The additional Texans now
may be served by local indigent
health care programs. Joining
the local program money, and
the Texans they serve, with the
statewide system is meant to
pull down more federal match
ing dollars.
Those additional federal dol
lars are included in the esti
mated savings to the state,
along with expected cost con
tainment by putting more of a
focus on prevention.
Texas’ present two-year Med
icaid budget is $18.7 billion, in
cluding $6.8 billion in state mon
ey and $11.9 billion in federal
matching funds.
It is estimated that about
$1.2 billion is needed in new
state money to cover the Medic
aid caseload in the upcoming
two-year budget period, accord
ing to Therese Ruffing of the
state Medicaid office.
A major provision of the pro
posed package is a phased-in
managed care system, Mrs. Zaf
firini said.
In such a system, patients go
to a primary care doctor who
oversees their health needs and
decides whether they require a
specialist.
The change is meant to cut
down on expensive emergency
room visits by Medicaid patients
who now either have nowhere
else to go for routine medical
care or wait until a medical
problem is severe to seek help.
It also would restrict Medic
aid patients’ choice of physicians
to those who agree to managed
care standards and fees.
Under the package, local
groups could be formed to over
see the delivery of Medicaid ser
vices in their areas, with man
aged care programs being en
couraged.
Public or private entities
could apply to provide managed
care services for a particular
price to all or a portion of the
Medicaid recipients in the area.
Backers said local areas could
design service delivery programs
to fit their needs.
Conference: Big 12 schools gather in Kansas
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some of the ideas we brought back were put on my platform for student
body president.”
Texas A&M, the University of Texas, Texas Tech and Baylor also
met before the conference.
Zach Brady, Texas Tech University student body president, said
that during this meeting, strong bonds were made between the schools.
“The bond that A&M, Tech and UT have made is incredible,”
Brady said. “We have definitely built a unique relationship and a
closeness that has allowed us to work together and that was evi
dent at the conference.”
Brady said that the move into the Big 12 will benefit all four
Texas schools.
“I think this move will have a positive impact on all of our athletic
programs,” he said. “I’m looking forward to the increased level of com
petition it will bring to our basketball games and hopefully an increase
in the crowds attending these games.
“As far as the impact on Texas Tech, I think it will bring in need
ed revenue to solidify our women’s sports program and improve all
sports in general.”
Health Care: Gingrich rallies for support
Continued from Page 1
Medicare to give our senior citizens better
choices in a more entrepreneurial, mar
ket-oriented environment where we save
money while they get improvements at a
more rapid rate with less bureaucracy
and less red tape.”
The House is setting up a task force to
study changes to Medicare, including giv
ing senior citizens 10 or more options in
choosing plans, Gingrich said. Those could
include keeping the current system, man
aged care, medical savings accounts and
fees for special services, he said.
Gingrich also advocated antitrust ex
emptions for hospitals so they could work
together on buying new technologies and
sharing information.
“We think there are a lot of step-by-step
building blocks that we can do to make
health care more affordable and to allow
the rate of change to increase, and to allow
you to work in an entrepreneurial manner
using new technologies,” he said.
Thomas Scully, president of the Federa
tion of American Health Systems, said the
organization recognizes that money for
deficit reduction and tax cuts will come
from the massive Medicare and Medicaid
programs. However, Scully said the system
will be hurt if lawmakers make cuts with
out considering its structure.
“Our argument, which (Gingrich) —
thank God -— preached up there today, was
instead of just taking money out of the cur
rent system, let’s redesign the system and
make it grow slower,” he said.
“It would be a big squeeze on the health
care system unless you do it right,” Scully
said. “The changes in Medicare — unless
(lawmakers) want seniors to shoot them,
unless they want hospitals to shoot them —
the changes in Medicare need to be driven
by good policy, not by dollars.”
Scully said the conference offers a
chance to discuss ways to adapt to the
health industry’s rapid changes.
“The money that’s coming into the
health care system is 50 percent from the
private sector, which is being turned up
side-down by managed care, and 50 percent
in the public sector, in Medicare and Medic
aid, which is being turned upside-down by
changes in the government,’’ he said.
“They’re both in great turmoil right now.”
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