Deep Medicaid cuts suddenly on table in N.C., By Lynn Bonner, August 5, 2011, News and Observer: “The legislature set an aggressive target to cut more than $350 million from the state’s share of Medicaid spending this year, but chances for meeting the goal with the plan legislators approved were slim. It takes time to get federal approval for any changes in Medicaid services, so the state won’t see the impact of the legislature’s cuts for months. Under orders from the legislature to manage Medicaid with the money budgeted, Lanier Cansler, secretary of health and human services, has to squeeze more savings into less time. So Medicaid cuts may be deeper than anyone thought just a month ago…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty