Senate Democrats Introduce Economic Stimulus Package With Additional Federal Medicaid Funds For States
Senate Democrats on Monday introduced a $100.3 billion economic stimulus package (S 3689) that includes $37.8 billion in additional federal Medicaid funds for states and $1 billion in additional funds for NIH, CQ Today reports. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said that he hopes to hold a vote on the stimulus package on Wednesday.
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Filed under: Medicare / Medicaid / Tricare on November 21st, 2008