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July 14, 2008

Medicaid: Politics, not policy, at issue issue

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 7/13/8 Gov. Haley Barbour has formulated what appears to be a fair, sustainable funding mechanism for Medicaid in the long term that might, just might, keep Medicaid from being a political football every few years. The failure of the Legislature to provide stable funding for the Medicaid program lawmakers authorize is a…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
July 14, 2008

Barbour: Hospitals may close

The Clarion-Ledger, 7/12/8 Some hospitals and nursing homes could shut down, doctors could stop seeing patients and thousands of health- care workers could lose their jobs statewide, according to providers responding to $375 million in Medicaid cuts revealed late Friday. The cuts also would affect home health care agencies, pharmacists, dentists and others, according to…