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Proposed Medicaid expansion unfair, unsustainable

Rapid City Journal 24 Sep 2018

Medicaid patients cost doctors more because the program pays less than traditional health insurance ... The annual cost of Medicaid Expansion (Obamacare) is estimated to be $45 million on the low end. In every state that has implemented this, the growth in spending for this program has been at least 50% higher than originally estimated meaning the truth will probably be closer to $90 million just to start with....

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How Congress Made CHIP a Budgetary Boondoggle

Roll Call 24 Sep 2018

It’s getting harder and harder not to think of the nation’s signature health insurance program for children who aren’t quite poor enough to qualify for Medicaid as a “slush fund” to tap for other congressional priorities ... But the fund has been tapped sparingly, for a total of $108 million since the program was created....

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Modi promises free health care to half a billion -- but can he deliver?

CNN 24 Sep 2018

(CNN)Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the world's biggest health care program, with the roll out of free coverage for an estimated half a billion of India's poorest citizens ahead of national elections early next year. The ambitious program, dubbed "Modicare," which was unveiled in the federal budget earlier this year and launched at ......

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Unique program offers students mental health treatment in school

Herald-Standard 24 Sep 2018

Top state officials met with administrators from Bentworth School District and Centerville Clinics to learn how school districts can provide cost-effective mental health services to students, examining the only program in the state to offer specialized, in-school help for struggling students ... Forsythe estimated the Partial Hospital Program had a $44,000 deficit in 2018....

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AP FACT CHECK: Trump wrong on judges, 'plummeting' poverty

The Columbus Telegram 24 Sep 2018

In fact, long-term financing for a key VA health care program remains uncertain ... The Census Bureau also considers the impact of various government assistance programs on reducing the ranks of the poor ... Congress included in the VA spending bill a one-year money fix for the expanded Choice program, putting aside discussion until next year on how to pay its estimated added costs of $8 billion next fall and $9 billion in 2020....

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As Venezuelans go hungry, Trump targets food corruption

The Post-Star 24 Sep 2018

As Venezuela has fallen deeper into political and economic turmoil, the CLAP program has become a tenuous lifeline for millions of citizens suffering due to barren supermarket shelves and hyperinflation estimated by the International Monetary Fund to soon reach 1 million percent ... Treasury estimates that at least 70 percent of the CLAP program is being gutted by corruption, citing evidence of overbilling....

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AP FACT CHECK: Trump wrong on judges, ‘plummeting’ poverty

Artesia Daily Press 24 Sep 2018

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As Venezuelans go hungry, US targets food corruption

Stars and Stripes 24 Sep 2018

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5 things for September 24: Kavanaugh. Iran. India. The Maldives.

CNN 24 Sep 2018

Sign up here.). 1. Brett Kavanaugh. JUST WATCHED. SE Cupp ... Replay ... The Prime Minister of India has launched the world's biggest health care program, with the rollout of free coverage for an estimated half a billion of India's poorest citizens. Narendra Modi said his plan -- which is being dubbed "Modicare" -- will cover an estimated 100 million "poor and vulnerable" families to the tune of 500,000 rupees ($7,800) in hospital costs per year....

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Date Book

Victoria Advocate 24 Sep 2018

Tuesday. Port O’Connor Candidate ForumPort O’Connor Community Center3674 W ... The moderator will be Calhoun County school board president Bill Harvey ... Thursday ... The session will also cover prerequisite changes, curriculum changes, admission requirements, estimated tuition and financial assistance with a spotlight on the Vocational Nursing Program.For more information, call 361-582-2545 or email Frances.Vasquez@VictoriaCollege.edu.Saturday....

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Cost estimate for Measure 3 questionable

The Bismarck Tribune 23 Sep 2018

While voters should have an idea of how much a measure might cost the state the approved estimate seems deceiving to the Tribune Editorial Board ... The estimate assumes the Legislature will approve the informational campaign ... Lawmakers could decide to budget less, delay the campaign, take the money from another program or ask the health department to pursue grant funding....

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City policy aiding sewer line failures still up in the air

Killeen Daily Herald 23 Sep 2018

Meanwhile, the city is busy piecing together a draft ordinance and estimated costs for a possible program, but city leadership has said formally accepting responsibility for service lines in the public right of way could “open a can of worms” in the future ... While a possible ordinance could take a number of directions, preliminary costs for a possible program are significant....

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Yoga could reduce Mississippi inmates' stress, couple says

Kentucky New Era 23 Sep 2018

The couple would like to expand the all-volunteer program into the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman ... If they can reduce the recidivism rate in line with other places where this program has been tried, the savings in corrections costs — based on the estimated cost of $16,000 per year to house an inmate — would be more than $900,000, Dinesh Chawla said....

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