Saturday, October 12, 2002

States' Budget Woes Fuel Medicaid Cuts
Washington Post overview of decisions by governors, legislators and Medicaid administrators that have meant an "increasing numbers of states are dropping certain groups of patients, curtailing some services, requiring poor people to help pay for their care, limiting access to expensive drugs, and cutting -- or freezing -- payments to hospitals, doctors, nursing homes and other providers of care." [Reading Washington Post resources requires that you supply gender, zip code and date of birth information, but is free and does not require name or e-mail information].