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...issues could stem from the uneven distribution of assisted living units, according to Stevenson: capacity and efficient use of state funds. Residents of rural or lower income areas may face difficulty accessing assisted living units and be forced to relocate, and since nursing homes are generally more expensive for the state, this may mean that more money is used to pay for individuals living in nursing homes who could be better—and more inexpensively—served in assisted living facilities...
...battle enters its final stage in Washington, a rebellion is taking shape in the states, which are alarmed about the new financial burdens they will face in a revamped system. Governors of both parties are complaining that reform will drive their budgets into even deeper holes, with some feeling the effects far more than others. But just how much will be riding on the states? Here's a look at four changes that lie ahead. (Watch TIME's video "Uninsured Again...
...Both House and Senate bills would pay the states' share of the cost of the new patients over the first two years and up to 95% after that. But states would still face an enormous new financial obligation. There is also the question of finding enough providers to care for 15 million new patients. "It is a huge load on the states at a time when we are still climbing out of the recession," Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen said this week in Nashville. His state - already facing $1.5 billion in budget cuts this year and next - has estimated that...
Last week's suicide bombing that killed seven CIA officers in Khost, Afghanistan, underscores just how difficult a mission the agency - and the U.S. as a whole - faces in the country. Given the size of the CIA, the loss it suffered when a Jordanian assumed to have been an asset penetrating al-Qaeda instead detonated an explosives belt at a gathering of agency personnel, was the equivalent of the Army losing a battalion. It was a major setback for the CIA after eight years at war, not to mention the fact that it coincided with a moment when the Agency...
...Still, the U.S. Defense Department's face-saving gift on Wednesday is surely a comfort to Ma, whose popularity was down to 33% in December 2009, after local elections where Ma's party lost ground. Despite objections from China about selling arms to Taiwan, the U.S. awarded Lockheed Martin Corp the contract to provide Patriot missile systems as part of a $6.5 billion arms sale package to Taiwan passed by the US Congress in 2008. The U.S. missile systems could shoot down Chinese short-range and mid-range missiles. China has over 1000 missiles pointed at Taiwan, a democratic island...