News Radio 710 KEEL » medicaid http://710keel.com Depend On It! Fri, 24 May 2013 16:49:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Fleming & Vitter: Sequestration Likely; Unlikely to Affect Barksdale http://710keel.com/senator-vitter-congressman-fleming-cassidy-sequestration-likely-unlikely-to-affect-barksdale/ http://710keel.com/senator-vitter-congressman-fleming-cassidy-sequestration-likely-unlikely-to-affect-barksdale/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:11:32 +0000 Dennis Foley http://710keel.com/?p=142442 March 1st is a big day in Washington: it is Sequestration Day.  It is part two of the fiscal cliff debate.  Part one involved the nation's taxes and now part two involves the nation's spending.  If Congress does not come up with a spending cut plan by that date, automatic spending cuts would take effect, but the Louisiana representation in Washington says Barksdale may not be hurt

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]]> http://710keel.com/senator-vitter-congressman-fleming-cassidy-sequestration-likely-unlikely-to-affect-barksdale/feed/ 0 Alex Wong, Getty Images Texas Governor Says No To Covering More Texans Under Medicaid http://710keel.com/texas-governor-says-no-to-covering-more-texans-under-medicaid/ http://710keel.com/texas-governor-says-no-to-covering-more-texans-under-medicaid/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:03:55 +0000 James Stanley http://710keel.com/?p=94115 Texas Governor Rick Perry is calling Medicaid a "failure,'' as he defends his decision to oppose any expansion of the program as part of the national health-care overhaul.

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]]> http://710keel.com/texas-governor-says-no-to-covering-more-texans-under-medicaid/feed/ 0 Governor Rick Perry, (R) Texas, webn-tv Local Doctor Hopping Mad At Medicaid [AUDIO] http://710keel.com/local-doctor-hopping-mad-at-medicaid/ http://710keel.com/local-doctor-hopping-mad-at-medicaid/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:45:14 +0000 Erin McCarty http://710keel.com/?p=61304 A local doctor is fed up with her battle over medicaid payments....she is so fed up that she shut the local office for a day in protest. Dr. Regina Fakner says medicaid payments to her pediatric clinic have been late and she wants to draw attention to the problem

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]]> http://710keel.com/local-doctor-hopping-mad-at-medicaid/feed/ 0 Medicaid Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Targeted http://710keel.com/medicaid-fraud-and-abuse-targeted/ http://710keel.com/medicaid-fraud-and-abuse-targeted/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:00:39 +0000 John Lee http://710keel.com/?p=8372
The state Department of Health and Hospitals is launching a new system to root out fraud and abuse in Medicaid.

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