Archive for the ‘Health & Welfare’ Category
Healthcare for New Jersey, Now What
The historic Supreme Court decision on June 28, 2012 upheld the individual mandate, a key provision of the Affordable Care Act. It also ruled that the states had the right to choose their participation in the Medicaid expansion without any penalty or loss of federal match for the state Medicaid program...
August 14th, 2012 | Featured, Health & Welfare | Read More
Medicaid Program Fails Fraud Test
by Kenneth Artz
This article is published by the Heartland Institute, and originally appeared on Heartland.org.
New Jersey’s Medicaid program is lax when it comes to detecting and recovering fraudulent claims, resulting in higher insurance costs for citizens, according to two recent audits of the...
November 18th, 2011 | Health & Welfare, Policy | Read More
The Right Prescription for NJ’s Healthcare System
Poonam Alaigh, MD, MSHCPM, FACP
Former Commissioner, NJ Health and Senior Services
Board of Directors, Common Sense Institute of New Jersey
Originally published on NJSpotlight
New Jersey’s healthcare system touches all our lives and has a profound effect on the state’s economy. Unfortunately,...
August 31st, 2011 | Health & Welfare, Policy | Read More
Averting a Medicaid Crisis in New Jersey
As the nation prepares for the possible full implementation of federal health care reform, New Jersey must prepare for the coming effects on the state’s Medicaid population.
On April 12, CSI-NJ hosted a forum to educate legislators, legislative staff and other policymakers about the ways the Patient...
April 26th, 2011 | Featured, Health & Welfare, Policy | Read More






