- Job growth signals robust economy, with gain of 228,000, By Ben Casselman, December 8, 2017, New York Times: “The Labor Department released its official hiring and unemployment figures for November on Friday morning, providing the latest snapshot of the American economy…”
- The economy added 228,000 jobs in November, unemployment at 4.1 percent, By Danielle Paquette, December 8, 2017, Washington Post: “The economy added 228,000 jobs in November, slightly outpacing analysts’ expectations, and unemployment held steady at 4.1 percent, federal economists reported Friday…”
Day: December 8, 2017
Health Care and Social Services
Study: States get big Medicaid savings from social services, outreach to sickest patients, By Jayne O’Donnell, December 5, 2017, USA Today: “Some states have achieved dramatic savings in health care costs for their sickest Medicaid patients by providing intensive one-on-one assistance and social services that help the patients better address their multiple, overlapping ailments…”
State Children’s Health Insurance Program
The CHIP program is beloved. Why is its funding in danger?, By Abby Goodnough and Robert Pear, December 5, 2017, New York Times: “Laquita Gardner, a sales manager at a furniture rental store here, was happy to get a raise recently except for one problem. It lifted her income just enough to disqualify her and her two young sons from Medicaid, the free health insurance program for the poor. She was relieved to find another option was available for the boys: the Children’s Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP, that covers nearly nine million children whose parents earn too much for Medicaid, but not enough to afford other coverage…”