Our Views: ; W.Va. Must Restrain Medicaid Somehow; Cost Containment Is Painful,; but so Is Fiscal Irresponsibility
Charleston Daily Mail › December 02, 2011
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THE Medicaid program is a joint federal-state program that covers medical care for low-income people. In the first year of the Obama administration, Democrats in Congress greatly expanded the program as part of the Affordable Health Care Act.
Now a federal government that is $15 trillion in debt is cutting how much it puts into Medicaid.See the full content of this document
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Our Views: ; W.Va. Must Restrain Medicaid Somehow; Cost Containment Is Painful,; but so Is Fiscal Irresponsibility
West Virginia's program now costs $2.7 billion a year.
In 2010, the federal governm...See the full content of this document
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