title: The other budget.
abstract: Medicare cuts are getting most of the attention as Congress crafts a deficit elimination plan. But Medicaid negotiations pose similarly difficult issues, and perhaps some good news.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Berdahl
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D003363:Cost Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008484:Medicaid / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017008:Negotiating; D011050:Policy Making; D011057:Politics; D013221:State Health Plans / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States