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Tony Fong

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PubMed2005

How to shed $11 billion. Questions linger, but some think Medicaid Commission's plan to cut $11 billion from Medicaid will mirror Congress' proposal.

HHS' Medicaid Commission presented its first proposal for cutting $10 billion from the Medicaid program while still keeping it viable. Questions remain about how well the recommendations will work and some, like John Goodman, left, of the Washington-based National Center for Policy Analysis, said the proposal is a short-term solution for a program that needs a "complete overhaul."

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PubMed2005

Assessing four decades of Medicare, Medicaid.

Medicare and Medicaid were born 40 years ago, offering the first federally funded safety net for senior citizens, the uninsured and the disabled. While President Theodore Roosevelt, left, first proposed a national health insurance program in 1912, it took decades of political infighting before a program could be created. A look at the past, present and possible future of these important programs begins on Page 6.

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