Word: medicaid
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Faced with the largest budget gap in the country's history, the president proposes draconian cuts which focus on social services. He especially targets Medicaid and aid to local governments...
...Repeal a law, already struck down by state courts, that prohibits the use of Medicaid money to pay for abortions...
State budget officials, however, say they don't count on receiving Medicaid reimbursements after Jan. 1, when the government hopes to put the new rules in effect...
...Massachusetts, hospitals pay taxes that are funneled into a pool that pays medical costs for poor people who don't qualify for Medicaid. State officials insist their reimbursement program differs from those in most other states and should be able to qualify for more money...
Poverty. One-third of African Americans live below the official poverty line (an income of $12,000 a year for a family of four), in contrast to 12% of whites. Although the Medicaid program offers free treatment to the poorest citizens, many low-income working people are not fully insured. Moreover, the everyday struggle to survive often takes precedence over health care. "For many people the question may be 'Do I go to work today, or do I see the doctor?' " says Dr. Earl Scott, medical director of the Sydenham Clinic, part of a network of free clinics in Harlem...