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Medicaid
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HNR: Victory: 13 More Weeks of Unemployment Benefits; Congress Enacts and President Signs Bill Adding Domestic Items to War Funding (7/1/08) HNR: Congress Continues Push to Suspend Harmful Medicaid Regulations (4/29/08) HNR: Bill to Extend Moratoria on Medicaid Regulations Moves to Full Committee (4/14/08) HNR: Danger Looms for Children’s Health Care in 2007 (9/19/06) NYTimes: Planned Medicaid Cuts Cause Rift With States (8/13/06) Voices: Testimony - CHIP at 10: A Decade of Covering Children (7/25/06) HNR: GOP Senate Budget Resolution Squeaks Through, 51-49; Floor Action Rejects Some of the Cuts in Human Needs Services (3/17/06) => More News Policy Analyses and Research
Families USA: Medicaid Calculator - calculate how much your state stands to lose in jobs, wages, and business activity if it cuts Medicaid to help balance the budget. (Updated April 2008)
CBPP: New Children's Health Law Reduces the Harmful Impact of Documentation Requirement (4/23/09) Families USA: Covering the Uninsured in Medicaid (April 2009) Georgetown Center for Children and Families: Building on a Solid Foundation: Medicaid's Role in a Reformed Health Care System (March 2009) CBPP: Improving Medicaid as Part of Building on the Current System to Achieve Universal Coverage (2/24/09) George Washington University, School of Public Health and Health Services: Assessing the Effects of Medicaid Documentation Requirements on Health Centers and Their Patients: Results of a "Second Wave" Survey (10/21/08) => More Policy Analyses and Research
Government Resources
Summary and Status of Public Law 109-171 - formerly S. 1932/H.R. 4241 "Deficit Reduction Act" (signed into law 2/8/06) This law allows states to make cuts to Medicaid services Senate Finance Committee's reconciliation bill (Chairman's mark) (10/20/05) Senate Finance Committee's short summary of reconciliation package (10/20/05) The Medicaid Commission Report to HHS Secretary Recommending $11 Billion in Cuts (9/1/05) Congressional Research Service: Medicaid Eligibility for Adults and Children (8/3/05) => More Government Resources
