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...Nebraska. The 49 other states, by contrast, would have full federal funding for a few years but would eventually have to pick up part of the tab. As soon as word of the special treatment broke, the deal became known as the "Cornhusker Kickback," and Nelson was roundly mocked. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose state is in serious financial trouble that could be exacerbated by a Medicaid expansion, said in his recent State of the State address that Nebraska "got the corn and we got the husk...
...regulations, it's critical to the Democrats' reform strategy. The plan called for under the House and Senate bills would cover about 15 million new people - half of those currently without health insurance who would enter the system under reform. This plan terrifies most states but especially those like California and New York, where Medicaid benefits are already far more generous than most states in the South. That's because under the formula called for in reform bills, generous states would, paradoxically, get a smaller share of federal funding than states that currently have stingy Medicaid programs. (See 10 health...
Researchers at Harvard and the University of California, San Diego have discovered that mutations in the HIV virus work together to induce drug resistance—a finding that may offer new leads in HIV drug research and therapy...
History Professor Nancy F. Cott testified on Tuesday in a federal case against California's Proposition 8—which currently restricts same-sex marriage within state borders—to provide an overview of the various marriage restrictions in American history...
...Perry v. Schwarzenegger, the various plaintiffs sued their respective county clerks and several state officials, including Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, after they had been denied marriage licenses in different California counties after Proposition 8 passed in November...