Tuesday, February 25, 2003

Bush Proposes Major Changes in Medicare and Medicaid
Story from Sunday's New York Times - "President Bush has begun one of the most ambitious efforts to reinvent Medicare and Medicaid since the programs were created 38 years ago. Combined with his earlier plan for Social Security, the proposals offer a fundamentally different vision of social welfare policy, many experts say." See also the related stories Governors Get Sympathy From Bush but No More Money and Governors Cautious on Medicaid Reform Plan [Viewing New York Times resources requires registration, which is free]. See also the statement by the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law issued Monday, President Bush's Medicaid Reform Proposal: A Threat to Public Mental Health, and the related action alert.