Bush Urged Not to Shift Medicaid Costs to States
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From Times Wire Reports
The nation’s governors urged President Bush to spare states the costs of Medicaid in an effort to reduce the federal deficit.
The bipartisan plea came six days after a letter to Bush from the healthcare industry, asking him not to propose carving savings from either Medicaid or Medicare. The governors’ letter said Medicaid expenditures average 22% of state budgets, causing “a strain on funding for other crucial state responsibilities.”
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