Word: medicaid
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Women make less money," Schwartz said. She added that more "women than men receive both Medicare and Medicaid, two programs targeted for cuts by reformers...
...bipartisan, let's-jump-off-together risk taking. Senate majority leader Dole had mumbled something positive about the idea; if the White House, too, gave it a nod, the seemingly intractable deadlock over how best to balance the federal budget could be broken; sharp cuts in Medicare and Medicaid would be avoided; and both Republicans and Democrats might get away with milking large amounts of cash from the most sacred of cows: Social Security...
Though Democrats continued their attacks with a blitz of legislative delaying tactics and more high-publicity counterhearings on the lawn of the Capitol, the Senate Finance Committee approved the basic G.O.P. blueprint for overhauling Medicare and Medicaid. House Democrats unveiled a much less sweeping $90 billion cut in Medicare (the G.O.P. proposes $270 billion) that would essentially keep the system intact but reduce payments to hospitals and doctors. Meanwhile, a Congressional Budget Office analysis showed that the privatization option in the G.O.P.'s plans may not save as much as anticipated...
Hospitals and the health industry are not the only ones that will be affected by the cuts, O'Brien said. The elderly and the poor, recipients of Medicare and Medicaid payments, will be directly hit, he said...
Officials estimate that 45 million Americans are without any form of health coverage. That number would increase to 65 million if the GOP Medicare and Medicaid budgets pass, Restuccia said...