Category: budgetFY2011

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President Obama’s budget is still in the news this morning, and there’s plenty of interesting health stuff in there. But it’s worth pausing to note that the big drivers are mandatory spending on Medicare and Medicaid — huge, rapidly growing costs that are outside the purview of Obama’s (or any president’s) annual […]

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President Obama’s new budget isn’t due out until later today, but there’s already a bunch of coverage looking at what’s coming. Here are a few things to expect on health spending:
The budget includes an extra $25 billion in Medicaid funding for states, the WSJ reports. States share the cost of Medicaid with […]