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...impact of budgetary shortfalls on Massachusetts’ education system and health care system. The budget for fiscal year 2010 will almost certainly include significant cuts in health care spending, while maintaining funding for Massachusetts schools, they said. Massachusetts currently devotes 31 percent of its budget to MassHealth, the Massachusetts Medicaid system, according to Kirwan, while approximately 20 percent goes toward schools. Kirwan noted that the health care system has “significant reserves,” which they can access to cover costs. Murphy said the state would first tap into funds allocated by Obama?...
...state budget crisis has not been easy. Faced with large deficits, state officials have had to make tough choices about important programs. Yet there are some state services too vital to fall victim to budget politics. The Children’s Medical Security Plan (CMSP) and the MassHealth program, which provide low-cost health insurance to poor and middle-income working families, deserve to be spared...
...state has already cut services and instituted an enrollment cap on CMSP. In February, more than 10,000 children were waiting for health insurance and that number continues to grow. But this was not enough. Facing another year of inadequate funding, state administrators prepared to change CMSP and MassHealth once again...
Patients at the clinic are often older people without insurance or on the MassHealth plan provided by the state, according to Brouder...
...MassHealth opened its arms and welcomed anadditional 106,000 people, bringing the total toalmost 800,000. Some revenue from the recent 25cent cigarette tax hike will fund MassHealth's$3.4 billion budget, which is bank rolled byfederal and state money...