Monday, June 16, 2003

Governors' Effort to Revise Medicaid Stalls
June 13 Washington Post story - "Five Republican governors working with their Democratic counterparts on a plan to revamp Medicaid conceded yesterday the bipartisan effort has failed and said they instead hope to strike a deal with the Bush administration. Just 10 days ago, governors and their aides optimistically declared they were on the verge of an agreement to refashion the health insurance program for 44 million low-income Americans. The compromise unraveled, both sides say, after aggressive lobbying by Democratic senators who oppose the changes."