Social services suffered, Pa. budget deal or not, By Marc Levy and Ramit Plushnick-Masti (AP), September 12, 2009, Philadelphia Inquirer: “A tentative deal in Pennsylvania’s Capitol that could release billions of state dollars for schools and countless social services has come too late for people like Megan Shreve, Avona Proctor and hundreds of others whose lives have been disrupted by the political stalemate. Even if the deal is approved by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Ed Rendell, who is threatening a veto, legislative officials say it could take weeks for money to actually arrive in the bank accounts of private service providers. And the budget is already more than two months overdue…”
Day: September 14, 2009
Health Care Reform and State Medicaid Budgets
Governors worry federal health reform could strain budgets in states with many poor, jobless, By Emily Wagster Pettus (AP), September 14, 2009, Los Angeles Times: “States with high levels of poverty and unemployment have been struggling with growing Medicaid budgets during the recession, and some governors worry their financial burdens could get worse as Congress works on a comprehensive health care bill. They’re especially worried about possible expansion of Medicaid, the federal-state health insurance program for the needy and disabled…”