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US states slash Medicaid:

The cuts are being enacted in response to huge budget deficits in states throughout the country and a sharp increase in enrollment fuelled by the unemployment crisis. Ref. Source 6

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Idaho officials poised to cut $8 million in Medicaid services to mentally I'll and disabled:

News of the cuts have angered advocacy groups and organizations that provide services for hundreds of mentally I'll and developmentally disabled clients who will be affected by the rules. Ref. Source 5

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Falling through cracks if states don't expand Medicaid


Derek Anderson has been on Medicare since he got leukemia and lost his job and health insurance. His wife, Erica, is without any coverage and hopes she won't get sick. They could be eligible for Medicaid in 2014 if the states expand it as called for under the health reform law, but now their future is unclear after the Supreme Court said states can opt out.

Source: NBCNews.com: Health

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A yearlong investigation by CNN and The Center for Investigative Reporting uncovered widespread schemes to bilk California's Medicaid system, the nation's largest.

A year after The Center for Investigative Reporting filed its first public records request about Drug Medi-Cal fraud, California's Department of Health Care Services has moved to temporarily cut funding to 16 drug rehab clinics. Ref. CNN

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'Conceptual framework' on Medicaid expansion announced

Just days after House Republicans heard a woman who had lobbied them for Medicaid expansion died after not getting the care she needed, state leaders have announced a "Conceptual framework" On a new program. Ref. Source 9q

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Medicaid enrollees satisfied with coverage, physician access, survey finds. Enrollees in Medicaid have reported that they're largely satisfied with the health care they receive under the program, according to researchers. Source 5j.