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			<title>SCOTUS punts on California  lawsuit</title>
			<link>http://www.medicaidarticles.com/news/scotus-punts-on-california-lawsuit</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court is punting on a key question about when  providers and beneficiaries have the right to sue over cuts to the federal-state health care program. That was the major question at the heart of Douglas v. Independent Living Center, in ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:00:25 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Centene wins Missouri  deal</title>
			<link>http://www.medicaidarticles.com/news/centene-wins-missouri-deal</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Centene Corp. has won a major contract to manage the health care and behavioral health services of as many as 427,000  beneficiaries in the state of Missouri, the Clayton-based company announced today. Missouri&#039;s  program is considered a $1 ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:00:25 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Mental-Health Cuts by U.S. States Risk Boosting Health Costs</title>
			<link>http://www.medicaidarticles.com/news/mentalhealth-cuts-by-us-states-risk-boosting-health-costs</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. states looking to balance budgets by cutting mental-health facilities and  payments risk increasing health-care costs by pushing psychiatric patients into emergency rooms. States trimmed 9.5 percent ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:00:25 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>reform plan proposes to shrink No. of insurers</title>
			<link>http://www.medicaidarticles.com/news/reform-plan-proposes-to-shrink-no-of-insurers</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Federal cuts put Roswell hospital in Lovelace house Federal grant helps New Mexico establish health care exchange Health care reform will bring economic boost for New Mexico  stimulus money gone, program runs deficit Families USA ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:00:25 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Supreme Court sends back California  cuts case</title>
			<link>http://www.medicaidarticles.com/news/supreme-court-sends-back-california-cuts-case</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court sent back to a lower court a case on whether  recipients and medical providers can sue California for cutting reimbursement rates in the healthcare program for low-income Americans. The high court said on Wednesday that after it ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:00:25 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Maryland to vote on $297M  contract with CSC</title>
			<link>http://www.medicaidarticles.com/news/maryland-to-vote-on-297m-contract-with-csc</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The state of Maryland could approve Wednesday a massive  contract worth up to $297 million that Maryland’s health care providers have been looking forward to for years.  is the hulking state program that provides health care ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:00:25 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Illinois Mental-Health Cuts Seen Reducing Doctor Access for All Patients</title>
			<link>http://www.medicaidarticles.com/news/illinois-mentalhealth-cuts-seen-reducing-doctor-access-for-all-patients</link>
			<description><![CDATA[U.S. states looking to balance budgets by cutting mental-health facilities and  payments risk increasing health-care costs by pushing psychiatric patients into emergency rooms. If patients can’t find free or low-cost outpatient ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:00:25 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Court weighs  rate cuts</title>
			<link>http://www.medicaidarticles.com/news/court-weighs-rate-cuts</link>
			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote Wednesday, told a lower court to explore the leeway states have in setting  payments.  provides medical services for those U.S. citizens and legal residents who ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:00:25 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>NM proposes Medicaid overhaul - Alamogordo Daily News</title>
			<link>http://www.medicaidarticles.com/news/nm-proposes-medicaid-overhaul-alamogordo-daily-news</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Austin NewsNM proposes Medicaid overhaulAlamogordo Daily NewsOne of the goals of the planned revision is to slow the rate of growth in Medicaid, which accounts for 16 percent of this year&#039;s state budget and costs New Mexico taxpayers nearly $1 billion. &quot;We think it&#039;s a broken system. We think we need to change ...State unveils plans for Medicaid revamp [The Santa Fe New Mexican]Insurance News Net (press release)Medicaid reform plan proposes to shrink No. of insurersBizjournals.comall 83 news articles]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:00:25 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>County executives share Medicaid concerns - Times Herald-Record</title>
			<link>http://www.medicaidarticles.com/news/county-executives-share-medicaid-concerns-times-heraldrecord</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Mid-Hudson NewsCounty executives share Medicaid concernsTimes Herald-RecordBy Michael Randall POUGHKEEPSIE — Ask the Orange, Ulster and Dutchess county executives what they want most to fix and the answer was unanimous Tuesday — Medicaid. County executives Ed Diana of Orange, Mike Hein of Ulster and Marcus Molinaro of ...Execs weigh in on jail, Medicaid costsPoughkeepsie Journalall 10 news articles]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:00:25 CST</pubDate>
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