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Senate president offers health-care fix
(21 Mar 2010 12:01)
... federal formula causing a decrease in our Medicaid funding and federal cuts to the hospital ... Fund and shift those savings to the Louisiana Fund. In all, Chaisson said the change ...
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Health care vote expected this weekend
(21 Mar 2010 16:31)
... Lawmakers have killed an extra $100-million in Medicaid funds for Nebraska. Also out is a ... is still $300-million in Medicaid help for Louisiana and $100-million for a Connecticut hospital. NECN ...
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Perdue urges Bishop to "Vote No" on bill
(21 Mar 2010 04:42)
... result in an additional billion dollars of Medicaid costs per year. The state simply cannot ... deals like the Cornhusker Kickback and the Louisiana Purchase, examples of what citizens dislike most ...
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Blue Dog Dems crucial to health vote
(21 Mar 2010 09:42)
... already rejected," he said. House lawmakers from Louisiana plan to vote mostly along party lines ... cuts Medicare and lays an enormous unfunded Medicaid expansion on my state just because it ...
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With Health Care Bill, One Day You're In ...
(20 Mar 2010 00:50)
... The Cornhusker Kickback, Louisiana Purchase and other health care provisions are ... have given Nebraska a big break on Medicaid — the health insurance program for low-income ...
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Reconciliation Bill Tosses New York a Fiscal Hand Grenade
(20 Mar 2010 23:30)
... dumping most of them into the federal/state Medicaid program. Not surprisingly, many states have objected ... of the poorest ones such as Mississippi, Louisiana and New Mexico — will get little ...
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GOP Howls At Health 'Sweetheart Deals'
(20 Mar 2010 04:35)
... get special benefits. There's $100 million in Medicaid money for Tennessee. The office of Congressman ... are still in this bill, like the Louisiana Purchase," says Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio). The ...
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Q&A: So, what's in the health-overhaul bill?
(20 Mar 2010 09:00)
... more. Insurers could not charge women more. MEDICAID: Expands the federal-state Medicaid insurance program for ... Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu for her state, Louisiana, worth as much as $300 million, remains. ...
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A look at the health care overhaul bill
(20 Mar 2010 05:16)
... charge women more. : Expands the federal-state Medicaid insurance program for the poor to cover ... Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu for her state, Louisiana, worth as much as $300 million, remains. ...
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CCAGW calls upon Congress to vote against healthcare bill
(20 Mar 2010 06:18)
... giveaways such as the Cornhusker Kickback and Louisiana Purchase to pass Senate Majority Leader Harry ... higher costs. While Medicare will be cut, Medicaid will be expanded, despite the fact that ...
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What's in the Bill -- Read it and Weep
(20 Mar 2010 00:44)
... special interests such as the Cornhusker Kickback, Louisiana Purchase, Gator Aid, as well as a ... Democrats' bill dumps 15 million people onto Medicaid, a government health program that is already ...
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Slowly but surely, health care battle tilts Obama's way
(20 Mar 2010 04:40)
... oppose the bill. Rep. Anh Cao of Louisiana, the only Republican to support the earlier ... legislation also provides for an expansion of Medicaid that would give government-paid health care to ...
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Dems' confidence in passing healthcare bill rises as vote nears
(20 Mar 2010 04:59)
... healthcare for decades. Rep. Anh Cao of Louisiana, the only Republican to support the earlier ... the legislation provides for an expansion of Medicaid that would give government-paid healthcare to millions ...