Health Department Could Cut $480M in Programs
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The state health department has developed a list of possible program cuts that could be needed to balance the state budget - in case the economy doesn&#39;t grow fast enough to generate new revenue.
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Proposition 72 is a $7 billion employer-mandated health-care tax to create a massive government run health-care system aimed at helping the uninsured.
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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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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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The Legislative Budget Board approved using $591 million in state funds for health and human services programs for the poor. The board endorsed funding that was announced last week by Gov.
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Out-of-pocket costs may be causing millions of older adults in the U.S. to cut back on prescriptions for conditions as serious as diabetes, asthma and depression, a new study suggests.
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MONDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- President Bush's new budget proposal would cut $196 billion over five years from both Medicare and Medicaid -- programs that provide health care to millions of poor and elderly, federal officials announced Monday.
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President Bush proposed a &#36;2.57 trillion budget Monday that would erase scores of programs and slice Medicaid, disabled housing and many more but still worsen federal deficits by &#36;42 billion over the next five years.
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Steps aimed at cutting Medicare fraud and payment errors in half over the next four years were announced by U.S. health officials on Monday.
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The institutions that are to close or be merged under an effort to shrink New Yorkâs hospital industry will receive public funds to cover legal costs associated with closing and to pay off debts, state health officials said.
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HARTFORD, Connecticut  - Four Connecticut state lawmakers proposed on Tuesday a $900 million program to bring health-care to the state's poor and uninsured, weighing in on a growing national debate over health-care reform.
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg proposed a budget that would cut money from every city department.
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President Bush today unveiled a tough-minded, $3 trillion budget proposal for fiscal 2009 that would slice $14.2 billion from the growth of federal health care programs, eliminate scores of programs and virtually freeze domestic spending--but would still record a $407 billion budget deficit.
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Respiratory ailments, mental trauma and other problems that arose after the Sept. 11 attacks are costing the U.S. health care system $393 million per year, according to an analysis that city officials released Tuesday.
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The Bush administration is trying to fund homeland security "on the cheap," cutting grants to local emergency workers and other programs, the chairman of a House committee said Friday.
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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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NHS underspent by Â£510m last year as result of stringent cuts imposed by health secretary.