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10-28-2011, 05:05 PM #1
States struggle to pay for Medicaid
States struggle to pay for Medicaid
October 27, 2011
End of cash from stimulus package causes financial problems in budgets
By Paige Winfield Cunningham
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Infused with billions of extra Medicaid dollars from President Obama’s economic stimulus package, states have largely burned through the aid and are scrounging for a way to support programs bloated by the sluggish economy.
The majority of states have cut provider payments as they try to make up the lost funding and grapple with budget imbalances in fragile economies, according to an annual study of state Medicaid programs released Thursday by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
It’s a double-whammy this year. On July 1, states lost the extra federal funding that reached $100 billion over three years and helped them pay for increased Medicaid enrollment. And while Medicaid growth has slowed, enrollment in the federal-state health-care program for the poor hasn’t receded as unemployment remains above 9 percent.
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10-28-2011, 05:14 PM #2
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U.S. OKs CA’s 10% cut to Medi-Cal doctors, clinics
(Medi-Cal is Medicaid in CA.)
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