Word: medicaid
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...Texas Governor, Bush helped secure the tax cuts that were his No. 1 priority by underfunding Medicaid and delaying a state law that would have expanded its coverage of poor children; he also failed to pursue federal grants to treat aids patients and indigent adults. But it is also true that in 1997 he backed a noble effort to raise business taxes to boost school funding and reduce reliance on property taxes. He fought hard for the plan, which originated with Democrats in the state legislature, but came up short. In other words, Gore's cartoon version of Bush...
...intervention initiatives, combined with a continuum of services aimed at high-risk, cutting edge, fundamental, and may not be used for specialized courses, such as women and youth, increase prevention and treatment activities for sexually transmitted disease and substance abuse which contribute greatly to this crisis, expand research, increase Medicaid funding, bring our programs to smaller cities and rural areas and greatly increase the technical assistance that will enable our community-based organizations to take advantage of the many excellent technology-related courses sponsored by companies like Microsoft or Novell...
...delay freed Texas from having to spend billions of dollars in matching state grants, leaving enough money for Bush to pass $1 billion in tax relief in the 1997 legislative session. Two years later, he set his sights on even bigger tax cuts. To make the numbers work, Medicaid spending had to be contained. The governor's office fought a bill to require automatic re-enrollment in Medicaid of kids still eligible after their parents were dropped from welfare rolls. And under pressure from Bush allies running the appropriations committees, Texas legislators accepted projections of a steep decline in patient...
...insure kids like Ray Haros, advocates for the poor say, will take more than money. Ray had Medicaid until his mother got a job three months ago and stopped receiving cash aid. Rene Haros's income was low enough for her five children to remain eligible for Medicaid. But no one told her that unless she asked for it, they'd be cut off. To reapply, she has to navigate a complex and intrusive process. She must go to an interview, fill out as many as 19 forms, reveal family assets and document everything from children's births...
...Bush campaign spokesman Dan Bartlett said the governor places a "high priority" on child health, as seen in his support of CHIP, and that the state is considering, among other things, making it easier to stay on Medicaid by eliminating in-person interviews every six months. But when the public health committee of the Texas house began discussing simpler rules last January, Bush's point man on fiscal issues tried to nip it in the bud. Appropriations committee chairman Robert Junell had legislative budget analysts project the costs to the state and made sure each legislator saw the eye-popping...