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Heidi Alexander: “The Senator has been talking about education. There is another important part of the bill--$16 billion to Medicaid. This…”

On the recordAugust 4, 2010
The Senator has been talking about education. There is another important part of the bill--$16 billion to Medicaid. This is the Federal program to which, now with the new health care law, more than 70 million people will belong in 2014. But here is what the bill also does. According to a Wall Street Journal article on May 20, because of this bill--and as a result of this bill, if it should pass-- States will be limited in their ability to make changes in the Medicaid Program to save money. So what does that mean?
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Heidi Alexander
Labour Party
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govinfo.gov
Aug 4, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker addresses the implications of a bill related to Medicaid funding and state flexibility.

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