Bush Nominee Wants States to Get Medicaid Flexibility
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President Bush's nominee for secretary of health and human services said Tuesday that states could provide health insurance to more people if they had "greater flexibility" to reshape the Medicaid program.
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President George W. Bush nominated Michael Leavitt, administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency, to head the US Department of Health and Human Services in the president&#39;s second term.
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Fearful that President Bush plans to shift more Medicaid costs to the states, the nation&#39;s governors are mounting a bipartisan lobbying effort to stave off new federal limits on the program.
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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday released a plan that would provide all children and adults access to health coverage, but stops short of mandating universal coverage.
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President Bush on Saturday signed legislation that extends a popular children's health insurance program after twice vetoing attempts to expand it.
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President Bush on Dec. 13 nominated Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Mike Leavitt to run the Health and Human Services Department.
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President Bushâs decisive re-election victory this week has given him the opportunity to nominate more federal judges who share his conservative views.
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WASHINGTON Â President Bush and other critics of a $35 billion spending increase for children's health insurance say they'll support expanding coverage to families of four making as much as $62,000 a year, but they want to limit states' ability to go beyond that level.
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President Bush yesterday nominated Edward T. Schafer, who served two terms as governor of North Dakota, to head the Department of Agriculture, an agency with a broad mandate including administration of the federal food stamp program, aiding economic development in rural America and enhancing food...
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President George W. Bush vowed on Thursday to veto a plan to expand health insurance for children in low-income families, drawing criticism from Democrats and some fellow Republicans and setting the stage for a major battle with Congress.
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President Bush again called Democrats "irresponsible" on Saturday for pushing an expansion he opposes to a children's health insurance program.
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President George W. Bush on Thursday said he would veto a Democratic-backed bill to expand a children's health care program and urged Congress to temporarily extend the current one while lawmakers work out differences.
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The Bush administration issued proposed rules Friday to trim Medicaid payments to schools.
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President George W. Bush on Thursday  said he would veto a Democratic-backed bill to expand a  children&#39;s health care program and urged Congress to  temporarily extend the current one while lawmakers work out  differences.
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On the defensive over job losses and health care woes, President Bush sought Wednesday night to make the campaign a referendum on his rival &#151; casting Democratic Sen. John Kerry as out of the mainstream, a liberal whose rhetoric doesn't match his record.
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Seeking to close the state budget gap, Gov. George E. Pataki will propose at least $1 billion in spending cuts to Medicaid.
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Washington, Dec 14 (PTI) US President George W Bush has nominated Micheal Leavitt, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, to be the new Secretary of Health and Human Services.