Schools see limits on medicaid payments
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The Bush administration issued a new rule Friday that eliminates Medicaid reimbursement for certain transportation and administrative tasks undertaken by schools on behalf of students with disabilities.
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A US watchdog group warned Thursday that six states face cutbacks in health insurance for uninsured, low-income children next year unless Congress acts.
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Money to support pupils who have special educational needs could be mis-spent, campaigners say.
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As political gridlock in Washington muddies the long-term funding outlook for the State Children's Health Insurance Program, some states are preparing contingency measures such as enrollment caps or cutting children from the rolls.
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Parents worried about secondary school places are paying for extra tuition, says report.
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A small but growing number of American families beset by major medical problems are learning the hard way that simply having health insurance is sometimes not enough.
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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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Many football players are taking advantage of a D.C. Public Schools provision that allows students to transfer to any school for any reason, causing schools like Eastern High School to have difficulty meeting the minimum to form a team.
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ALBANY, NY -- The multi-billion-dollar health care program that helps fund everything from medical colleges to insurance for poor children may run a shortfall by the end of the state fiscal year, Comptroller Alan Hevesi warned Thursday.
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HARLINGEN, Texas - A South Texas school board denied a student's request to grow long hair for a group that makes wigs for sick children, instead offering him the post of American Cancer Society liaison along with a $500 donation to the group in his name.    The $500 came from an anonymous donor in the amount that the hair would be worth...
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Joseph Glazier has seen the cost of his phone service double this year and his utility bills could do the same. He cannot ride the bus for free anymore. Subsidized prescriptions for his ailing eyes and ears have long since stopped.
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A new report says disabled children are not getting the care they need because too much money is spent on administration
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The District wasted nearly $100 million over the past five years overpaying health care contractors for services that many Medicaid patients did not receive, a situation that puts the city in danger of losing federal funding, the D.C. Office of the Inspector General said yesterday.
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Georgia will stop enrolling new children in its health insurance program for low-income families because federal funds are running out, officials said Thursday.
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Congress, governors and the secretary of health and human services began negotiations on the future of Medicaid, hoping to control the program's costs.
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A cash-flow problem in a federal program is hindering the ability of many schools and libraries to pay for Internet service. The Federal Communications Commission has ordered
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A watchdog warns many vulnerable children may not be receiving suitable or cost-effective education.