Saturday, March 12, 2005

Medicaid Alert: House and Senate Move Forward With Budget Resolutions Cutting Medicaid Alert at the NAMI web site - "Both the House and Senate Budget Committees acted this week on separate versions of the FY 2006 budget resolution that include cuts to the Medicaid program. When the full Senate takes up its version next week, Senators Gordon Smith (R-OR) and Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) will be offering an amendment to reject these cuts and instead authorize a bipartisan commission on the future of the program..." The alert also includes links to background information regarding Medicaid cuts, information on the Medicaid program and its importance to children and adults with severe mental illnesses and information on the Smith-Bingaman Amendment.