Administration Looks to Curb Growth of Medicaid Spending
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Federal officials are sending auditors to state capitals across the country to investigate techniques used by states to shift hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid costs to the federal government.
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Gov. Eliot Spitzer is proposing cuts in Medicaid, saying the costs are too high, but a closer look at the numbers calls his claims into question.
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U.S. state governors on Friday urged congressional leaders to pass a law that would block cuts in federal Medicaid funding by the Bush administration.
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Two years ago, the nation's governors were wrestling with exploding health care costs, soaring populations and agonizing choices over how to keep their Medicaid programs afloat.
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New Health and Human Services  Secretary Mike Leavitt on Tuesday called for changes in the  Medicaid program for the poor, including an end to overpayment  for some prescription drugs.
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PHILADELPHIA - The state averted disaster by winning federal approval of more than $1 billion in Medicaid funding over the next four years, but there could be more problems in the future, Gov.
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Michael Leavitt, President Bush's choice to be secretary of Health and Human Services, may have to cut billions of dollars from the government's mammoth health programs for the elderly, poor and disabled to pare the budget deficit.
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A federal advisory panel recommended sweeping changes to Medicaid to rein in costs, including greater use of managed care for the sickest recipients.
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The National Governors Association on Wednesday sent a letter to congressional leaders urging the federal government not to shift additional federal Medicaid costs to states in an effort to lower the national deficit, the AP/Las Vegas Sun reports.
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Less than 1 percent of Medicaid  spending went to health care for illegal immigrants, according  to a study that the researchers said defied a common belief  that they are a bigger drain on taxpayer money.
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Michael Leavitt, President Bush&#39;s choice to be secretary of Health and Human Services, may have to cut billions of dollars from the government&#39;s mammoth health programs for
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More must be done to curb the soaring NHS spending on prescription drugs, MPs say.
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Gov. George Pataki's advisers are arguing over whether he should embrace efforts to limit the federal Medicaid program, which could help alter New York's costly program.
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WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration said Wednesday it will shift up to $660 million next year to keep children from losing government-paid health insurance.
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President Bush is readying a new budget that would carve savings from Medicaid and other benefit programs, congressional aides and lobbyists say, but it is unclear if he will be able to push the plan through the Republican-run Congress.
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The costs of the Medicare and  Medicaid health insurance programs are rising at unsustainable  rates that will force policy makers to adopt major changes to  curb spending, the head of the Congressional Budget Office  warned on Monday.
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DENTISTS' PLEA: Dentists say reducing Medicaid dental benefits would hurt the needy and cost states more in the long run because patients may seek more costly emergency treatment.