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		<title>Getting Approved for Medicaid is Getting Tougher</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnaLise</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid approval]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the saying goes, stuff rolls down hill.  In the situation with all the budget constraints on the federal government, comes constraints on the state and local government.  Healthcare is definietly no exception.  Lawmakers in Washington are looking at some very deep cuts when it comes to many programs and trying to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slow and Unfair Medicaid Appeals Prompt Lawsuits</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnaLise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are an individual receiving Medicaid benefits there are various rights that you are entitled to.  For example, if your are denied services for any reason, you are entitled to appeal the decision.  The appeal is supposed to be addressed within 90 days from the time it is filed. 
Since Medicaid is a program which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Will New Proposals Affect Long Term Care?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnaLise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General-Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benefit Cuts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[medicaid]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long term care has long been an important issue that needs to be addressed and has been debated many times.  With Medicare and Medicaid systems under so much financial strain and with proposals in the works for revisions and provisions, it seems that Congress on both sides of the aisles is grappling with the issue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did Company Illegally Evict Medicaid Recipients?</title>
		<link>http://medicare-medicaid.com/medicare/did-company-illegally-evict-medicaid-recipients/</link>
		<comments>http://medicare-medicaid.com/medicare/did-company-illegally-evict-medicaid-recipients/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnaLise</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Assisted Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evicting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are stories about individuals and families having some issues with services through Medicaid because of misunderstandings with providers or not understanding their coverage.  Sometimes mistakes are made and must be fixed.  The majority of the time providers try to work with Medicaid recipients to provide the best service they can.
In New Jersey, however, there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicaid: A Tale of Two Cities</title>
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		<comments>http://medicare-medicaid.com/medicare/medicaid-a-tale-of-two-cities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnaLise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General-Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid Benefits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid in Los Angeles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have heard about the Medicare and Medicaid issues, including inequities and disparities throughout the country.  One of the biggest disparities is between Los Angeles and surrounding areas in California and the rest of the country, particularly New York. 
New York just got some great news – its new resource level for Medicaid applicants has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Both Sides of the Medicaid Financial Debate</title>
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		<comments>http://medicare-medicaid.com/general-medicaid/both-sides-of-the-medicaid-financial-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnaLise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fraud and Abuse]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many states do a poor job of regulating Medicaid fraud because it is a not a simple matter economically.  After all, for ever dollar Medicaid brings into a state, there is a federal matching dollar hat the state receives.   Some states even overpay Medicaid providers, collect matching federal funds, and collect kickbacks of overpayments, thus [...]]]></description>
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