Interesting Article

Great job last week! Here's an interesting article in the New York Times published a few days ago regarding the growing need for Medicaid during our current recession. Medicaid currently consumes 7-8% of the federal budget and including the states' funding, the cost of the program was $333 billion in 2007, according to this article. President Obama is proposing an increase in federal aid to help state Medicaid programs.

http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20090122/ZNYT02/901223014?Title=Growing_Need_for_Medicaid_Strains_States