Experimenting with Medicaid.
Big budget deficits and soaring health care costs have states scrambling to reduce Medicaid spending. Not every governor is choosing to simply cut the program, however; some are experimenting with new ways to meet the needs of their poor residents without bankrupting their states. The federal government and others are watching closely.
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Charlotte
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