States' fights.
As the recession continues to pummel hospitals, some of the latest dramas are playing out at the state level, as legislatures target Medicaid and other health programs to pull their budgets out of the red. "It's never been so acrimonious," says Doug Higginbotham, left, of South Central Regional Medical Center in Mississippi, where a standoff over hospital taxes was resolved only hours before a June 30 deadline.
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