Thursday, March 31, 2005

Showdown in the Show-Me State: Gov. Blunt vs. Medicaid Report, in Adobe Acrobat format, from Families USA - "Governor Blunt and the Missouri General Assembly have proposed some of the largest Medicaid cuts of any state in the nation. Under their plan, more than one in 10 Medicaid enrollees will lose coverage altogether, and many more will lose access to essential health care services. Families USA analyzed the Missouri proposal and found [that] Governor Blunt has proposed slashing Medicaid eligibility levels for parents from 75 percent of the federal poverty level to 30 percent; 60,000 parents will lose their Medicaid coverage completely; if this cut is enacted, Missouri’s eligibility level for working parents will drop to 47th in the nation."