States Struggle To Balance Budgets, Health Programs Face Cuts

National Journal: States are aware of the “lingering effects of recessions” on the enrollment in their Medicaid programs. “Because it takes time for people to re-enter the workforce and get insurance, it can take years for Medicaid rolls to shrink to prerecession levels and for states to restore program and funding cuts…

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Filed under: Medicare / Medicaid / Tricare on March 17th, 2010