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Budget crisis threatens health care for poor, The Ledger (Lakeland, FL)

December 16, 2008
By Lloyd Dunkelberger


TALLAHASSEE Health care spending for some of the sickest and poorest Floridians could be on the chopping block as lawmakers look to resolve the state's budget crisis.

As part of the budget debate, a state health care official Tuesday outlined $1.2 billion in potential cuts in Medicaid, the state-federal health care program for the poor.

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