Health On The Hill - February 1, 2010

Jackie Judd, Kaiser Family Foundation and Mary Agnes Carey, Kaiser Health News

President Obama’s budget request for fiscal 2011 would give states an additional $25 billion in Medicaid funding to help cover rising program costs. Meanwhile, House and Senate Democratic leaders continue negotiations on how to pass health care overhaul legislation this year, although lawmakers’ focus has shifted in part to finding ways to improve the economy and increase jobs.

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<h1>Health On The Hill – February 1, 2010</h1>
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 Jackie Judd, <a href="http://www.kff.org/">Kaiser Family Foundation</a> and Mary Agnes Carey, Kaiser Health NewsPresident Obama’s budget request for fiscal 2011 would give states an additional $25 billion in Medicaid funding to help cover rising program costs. Meanwhile, House and Senate Democratic leaders continue negotiations on how to pass health care overhaul legislation this year, although lawmakers’ focus has shifted in part to finding ways to improve the economy and increase jobs.Listen to <a href="https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2010/02/020110_khn_hoth_audio.mp3">audio version</a> (.mp3) or <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/906737D4-C8B4-471C-AE50-24C5AA0BEC79">Read Transcript</a><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/020110hoth/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/020110hoth/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/020110hoth/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Health%20On%20The%20Hill%20-%20February%201%2C%202010&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2F020110hoth%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/020110hoth/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/020110hoth/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/020110hoth/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=11212&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;">

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