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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com)
Young children in Massachusetts will lose state-funded mental health
services. Welfare recipients will see their employment and training
programs slashed. And homeless families will lose nearly all their state
assistance to move into more permanent housing.
Massachusetts lawmakers had to make these and other difficult cuts
last week after discovering they had to slash another nearly $700
million out of the state budget. The Bay State had assumed Congress
would pass $24 billion in additional Medicaid funding for states before
their fiscal years start on July 1. But that money hasn't materialized.
In fact, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., effectively killed
the bill last week after deficit-wary Republicans blocked it for a third
time.
So officials in Massachusetts and 29 other states that counted on the
funds to balance their budgets are left with the task of slashing services
and payrolls once again. Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire has warned
that if the Medicaid money doesn't come through, she'll have to cut
6,000 jobs to plug a $480 million budget gap. But if state officials wait
until January, the figure would rise to 12,000.
Originally posted by Blanca Rose
Perhaps I missed it, but where did it say that people would not be getting checks due to these cuts?
Originally posted by Blanca Rose
In any case, a hospital cannot turn you away, whether you have
insurance or not.
Originally posted by Blanca Rose
They will just establish residency in another state, using another persons
address to get benefits, if it boils down to it!