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31. Republicans were pushing for $ 85 billion in savings from the Medicaid program for the poor and disabled.

32. And even while operating under that constraint, Clinton proposed to expand Medicaid coverage to some 5 million uninsured children.

33. Medicaid helped to cover the medical expenses of the poor.

34. Also in Medicaid, the budget proposed to reduce payments to hospitals that serve a disproportionate number of poor patients.

35. Under the regional managed care systems, most Medicaid patients would be served by health maintenance organizations.

36. It has sharply reduced the growth of Medicaid and taken away much of a special tax break now given the working poor.

37. Medicaid pays nursing home bills for long-term custodial care, after patients have exhausted their financial assets.

38. Meanwhile, advocates for the elderly worry that many seniors in nursing homes could lose their Medicaid coverage.

39. Hernandez and Brown said they anticipate that Congress will cooperate and grant the city Medicare and Medicaid waivers.

40. Pataki is cutting deeply into spending on Medicaid and welfare in order to pay for hefty tax cuts.

41. Its difficulties have partly stemmed from cuts in Medicaid, but also from political interference.

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42. Arizona was the first state to use prepaid plans to provide all Medicaid coverage.

43. Governors tried unsuccessfully last year to persuade Congress to convert Medicaid into a block grant, as Congress did on welfare.

44. Medicaid is a state-administered program for low-income recipients that is substantially funded by the federal government.

45. Medicaid is a large federal health care program for the poor.

46. Medicaid is paid for by a combination of state and federal funds.

47. The president kept the Republicans from including Medicaid in the welfare bill.

48. Some Republican leaders have suggested attaching welfare, and possibly Medicaid reform, to legislation extending the federal debt ceiling.

49. After several years of investigations, the Boys Ranch was indicted on criminal Medicaid fraud and grand theft charges last April.

50. The federal government in 1990 mandated broader Medicaid coverage for pregnant women, infants, and children under six.

51. The federal government pays 63 percent of the cost of Medicaid, leaving the states to find the rest of the money.

52. Over seven years, the change could mean a $ 200 billion reduction in state spending for Medicaid.

53. Further regulation is not likely to improve things. Medicare and Medicaid have a plethora of policies that escalate their own costs.

54. Clinton, who will officially address the governors Tuesday, said he hoped to reach bipartisan consensus, particularly on Medicaid.

55. Public hospitals are concerned that they will not have enough money to treat indigent people not covered by Medicaid.

56. This, they added, could jeopardize other large benefit programs such as Medicare and Medicaid.

57. Greg Ganske, R-Iowa, managed to include in the big Medicare and Medicaid funding measures important protections for managed-care patients.

58. Medicare, Medicaid and other entitlement programs that comprise two-thirds of the federal budget.

59. Opposition is most fierce in states such as California that have already found ways to curb the cost of treating Medicaid patients.

60. Those numbers are anyway likely to rise when Congress cuts spending on Medicaid, the federal / state program for the poor.