LEGISLATION: On Medicaid, Finance Crowd Is Tough For Leavitt
States not likely to take cuts lying downAt a Feb. 16 Senate Finance Committee hearing, senior panel Democrat Max Baucus (MT) pressed Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt for details on how the administration's proposed cuts would affect specific states.The administration has proposed cutting $60 billion over 10 years from the Medicaid program; $15 billion would go back into the program in other forms, so the net cuts would be $45 billion. Of the $60 billion, two-thirds, or $40 billion, would come from ending what Leavitt characterized as accounting loopholes that allow states to unfairly shift costs...
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