State increases Medicaid funds, By Lisa Call, July 10, 2009, Dickinson Press: “Significant monetary changes have reached one facet of the North Dakota Medicaid program and such changes could potentially help the 709 households already on Medicaid in Stark County and those who wish to apply, said Marcy Decker, Stark County Social Services income maintenance unit supervisor. Across the state, monthly household income levels for those deemed ‘medically needy’ increased from $500 per month to $750 beginning July 1…”