From the Union Leader:
If President Bush and Congress want to cut the federal deficit starting next year, as they say they do, then Medicaid has become a choice place to look.
Medicaid, the nation’s largest health care program for the poor, disabled and nursing home residents, appears headed for the chopping block in 2005.
Strengthened by the election, the Republican majority on Capitol Hill looks ready to join President Bush in putting a lid on federal Medicaid spending, according to members of Congress and state officials.
“Republicans are real sincere about cutting the budget, and that makes Medicaid vulnerable,” said Rep. George Radanovich, R-Calif., a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, where Medicaid legislation starts.
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