Health On The Hill - August 11, 2010

Jackie Judd, Kaiser Family Foundation; Mary Agnes Carey, Kaiser Health News; Jennifer Haberkorn, Politico.

President Obama has signed legislation into law that will give states an additional $16 billion in Medicaid funding. As House members left the Capitol to resume their August recess, some predicted that town hall meetings in their districts would focus more on job and the economy than health care, a change from the town halls of last August where health care was often a combative issue.

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Article HTML <h1>Health On The Hill – August 11, 2010</h1> <div> <time class="posted-on" datetime="2010-08-11T11:04:00-04:00"> August 11, 2010 </time> </div> Jackie Judd, <a href="http://www.kff.org/">Kaiser Family Foundation</a>; Mary Agnes Carey, Kaiser Health News; Jennifer Haberkorn, <a href="http://www.politico.com/">Politico</a>.President Obama has signed legislation into law that will give states an additional $16 billion in Medicaid funding. As House members left the Capitol to resume their August recess, some predicted that town hall meetings in their districts would focus more on job and the economy than health care, a change from the town halls of last August where health care was often a combative issue. <a href="https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2010/08/081110_khn_hoth_audio.mp3">Listen to audio version</a> (.mp3) or <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/Stories/2010/August/11/health-on-the-hill-transcript-aug-11.aspx">read the transcript</a>. <ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/081110-health-on-the-hill/?share=x"> Share on X (Opens in new window) X </a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/081110-health-on-the-hill/?share=facebook"> Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook </a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/081110-health-on-the-hill/?share=linkedin"> Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn </a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Health%20On%20The%20Hill%20-%20August%2011%2C%202010&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2F081110-health-on-the-hill%2F&share=email"> Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email </a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/081110-health-on-the-hill/#print?share=print"> Print (Opens in new window) Print </a></li><li> <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/081110-health-on-the-hill/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/081110-health-on-the-hill/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a <a target="_blank" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.<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=11076&ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;">
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