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‘Obamacare’ foes eye interstate compacts
Governors who oppose the national health care act have no shortage of strategies they are willing to try —…
Medicaid block grants explained
One of the most controversial ideas in Washington right now is to turn Medicaid into a block grant program. Republicans vow it will lower the deficit. Democrats say it will gut the social safety net.
Filthy conditions, high fatality rates plague dialysis clinics
A Colorado-based corporate chain of national dialysis centers figures prominently in a year-long investigation on poor kidney patient care under a Medicare-funded system described as "perverse."
Congress to ink $26B check
State education and Medicaid budgets hang in the balance of a U.S. House vote Tuesday. Western states set to haul in $879 million.
Economy takes mental toll
The recession is forcing states to make deep cuts in an already fragile public mental health system at the same time demand is bulging.
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