Medicaid: Lawmakers Ask Kansas Gov. To Wait On ‘Ambitious’ Changes
Written on March 5, 2012 – 12:48 am | by Brayden Sani
Examing cuts and changes to Medicaid programs in Maine, Kansas and other states.
Maine’s Governor Has A Hard Shell
Last month, he signed a budget that fills a $120 million shortfall in the current fiscal year partly with contentious cuts to Maine’s Medicaid program, which is among the most generous in the country. And at his direction, lawmakers in coming weeks will begin debating $80 million more in Medicaid cuts for the next fiscal year (Levitz, 3/5).
Brownback Medicaid Makeover An “Ambitious” Plan
Experts on the nation’s Medicaid program say that Gov. Sam Brownback’s plan to remake the state’s system for delivering health care to the poor, elderly and disabled is among the most far-reaching in the United States.
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