title: States of emergency. As fiscal challenges increasingly overwhelm their budgets, states brace for the Bush administration's Medicaid plan.
abstract: With a host of other expensive issues leading President Bush's agenda, officials fear Medicaid could suffer some hard blows. States are already carving out efficiencies, even as enrollment swells. New HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt, left, last week said he saw an opportunity to revamp coverage for some Medicaid recipients. "Wouldn't it be better to give Chevys to everyone, rather than Cadillacs to a few?" he asked.
authors.forename: Cinda
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Becker
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003361:Cost Allocation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003363:Cost Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D035082:Federal Government; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017057:Medically Uninsured; D011203:Poverty; D013221:State Health Plans / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States; D035862:Vulnerable Populations