The Finance Committee health care reform bill would extend Medicaid eligibility to 133% of the Federal Poverty Level (the HELP Committee bill would extend it to 150% FPL). What does a 44.2% enrollment increase mean for the state’s Medicaid program which is expected to lose $1.5 billion this year from 2009 budget cuts, will receive [...]
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Compromise Legislation is Rather Leftward Leaning
The Senate Finance Committee approved the health reform bill today by a 14-9 margin. Crafted as a compromise for reform, there is little about this bill to indicate the success of any bipartisan efforts. Sen. Olympia Snowe (Maine) was the only Republican to vote for the bill. Some claim the approval was made possible by [...]