Topic: Medicaid

BOSTON (Reuters) - State governors meeting in Boston this weekend had plenty on their minds, from the Gulf oil spill to Arizona's border security controversy. But the economy -- and another year of fiscal distress -- topped the bill.After two years of ...

On March 21 the House passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, along with the Health Care and Education Tax Credits Reconciliation Act. Qualified dividends, which today are taxed at a maximum rate of 15%, will be taxable at ordinary income ...

As the new fiscal year begins, state governments face looming deficits of some $89 billion dollars. Most states must balance their budgets on a year-by-year basis, so they face higher taxes or reduced spending in the coming year. The reality is different. ...

NC lawmakers ready to vote for $19B spending plan designed to protect classroom jobsMore teachers and university faculty would stay on the job this fall but some might face furloughs, and thousands of Medicaid patients may no longer get help at home ...

Highlights of Senate tax and spending bill being filibustered by Senate GOPHighlights of tax and spending legislation likely to be killed by a GOP filibuster on Thursday:TAXES_Extends for one year about $32 billion in tax breaks that expired in January, including a ...

House passes bill to increase lending by small banks as Senate defeats GOP jobless aid billA $30 billion government fund would be available to community banks to increase lending to small businesses under a bill passed by the House Thursday as congressional ...

Impasse in DC threatens to punch $130M hole in Kan. budget; inaction becomes political issueA congressional impasse over a new economic stimulus package threatens to punch a $130 million hole in Kansas' budget, only weeks after state legislators raised taxes to keep ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A measure introduced on Tuesday in the U.S. Senate to help states pay for healthcare is already having a rocky time, and governors from across the country are rallying to try to get it passed.Under the $863 billion U.S. ...

As we mentioned last week, the federal COBRA subsidy to help unemployed workers afford their previous employer's insurance premiums ended May 31 - which means anyone laid off after that is out of luck.. According to a Families USA report released over ...

Analysis: Democrats flinching on agenda, basic tasks because of election fears, deficitCongressional Democrats returning this week to the Washington they control will confront an embarrassing pile of unfinished budget business after spending the winter and spring blowing deadline after deadline.With many Democratic ...