Governors Oppose Bush's New Medicaid Rules

[jackson_dem]

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WASHINGTON — Governors of both parties strongly objected on Saturday to a half-dozen new federal Medicaid regulations that they said would shift billions of dollars in costs to the states, forcing them to consider cutbacks in services.

The rules, scheduled to take effect in the next few months, would reduce federal payments for public hospitals, teaching hospitals and services for the disabled, among others.

State officials voiced their concerns as they arrived here for the winter meeting of the National Governors Association.

Federal health officials said the new rules were needed to end creative financing techniques that states had used to obtain excessive amounts of federal Medicaid money.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/washington/24medicaid.html?_r=1&ex=1361509200&en=500f5cff162edf5c&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Chimpcare.

"Hand me the rusty knife..."

[walldude]

2. "Excessive amounts of federal Medicaid money"

Can you believe the gall of these people. Ignore the missing 8 BILLION DOLLARS in Iraq,not to mention the billions in waste in the Military Industrial Complex. How many weapons get millions of dollars in financing only to get scrapped after the design phase? Yeah it's Medicare and poor people that are breaking the bank in this country :eyes:

[jackson_dem]

4. Yup, and don't forget the $1.35 trillion Bush tax cut for the rich in 2001

On top of that there was the 03' tax cut.

[southern_belle]

3. k & r