Governors Unite in Medicaid Fight
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The nation's governors are mounting a bipartisan lobbying effort to stave off new federal limits on Medicaid.
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A mushrooming number of poor people who need medical care will push up the state&#39;s Medicaid costs another $119 million next fiscal year.
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Governors from both parties appealed Sunday for the Bush administration and Congress to provide more money &#151; now and over the long term &#151; for a health care program that insures millions of children.
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.  -- States should develop creative approaches to climate change, just as they have with challenges such as health care, despite their different economic interests, governors said Saturday.
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President George W. Bush and White House rival John Kerry are pushing competing remedies for the crippled US healthcare system, with some 45 million Americans are unable to afford health insurance.
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State budget pressures threaten to undo gains in health insurance coverage for children and the poor, according to two surveys released Monday.
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Governors pressed President Bush to provide more money so they could guarantee health insurance for children.
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A dispute between the state auditor and the Department of Social and Health Services over Medicaid finances might require federal intervention.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. Governor Ed Rendell says the state has averted disaster by winning federal approval of more than one (b) billion dollars in additional Medicaid funding over the next four years.
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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.
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While governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney helped write an innovative plan that created universal health insurance in his state through offering tax subsidies for low-income people, expanding the number of people on public programs such as Medicaid, and creating a state agency that made it easier...
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts' lucrative business of selling health insurance to municipalities and unions is under attack since a law was enacted in June allowing cities and towns to join the health insurance plan for state employees.
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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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A sense of experiment, even optimism, marked the nation's governors' discussions on health care this weekend, a long way from the dire predictions that have dogged their work over the past few years.
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Gov. Blagojevich drew the national spotlight Tuesday by announcing the most ambitious effort yet by a state to quell the rising cost of prescription drugs.
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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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Vermont&#39;s Republican governor challenged the Bush administration&#39;s prescription drug policy in federal court yesterday, marking the first time a state has chosen a legal avenue in the expanding battle ...