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Medicaid
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Background on Medicaid
Latest News
HNR: Congress Enacts Medicaid and Education Aid Urgently Needed by States (8/11/10) 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) => More News Policy Analyses and Research
CBPP: Health Reform Expands Medicaid Coverage for People with Disabilities (7/29/10) CBPP: State-by-State Numbers: Critical Fiscal Relief at Stake in Tuesday's House Vote (8/6/10) CBPP: Childless Adults Who Become Eligible for Medicaid in 2014 Should Receive Standard Benefits Package: Federal Government Will Assume Large Majority of Cost (7/6/10) CBPP: What States and the Economy Lost When the Senate Jobs Bill Failed: Data on How Much Medicaid Aid Each State Lost (6/24/10) Families USA: Early Medicaid Expansions under Health Reform (May 2010) AFSCME: Understanding the Urgency and Importance of State Medicaid Assistance for Main Street Jobs (April 2010)
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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