Dec
30
Roundup: Texas Members Oppose State’s MLR Waiver; Calif.’s Disability Case Takes Unusual Turn
30-12-2011
Tagged Under : Texas, Texas Members
News outlets report on state health policy developments in California, Kansas, Massachusetts, Georgia, Michigan, Texas, Connecticut and Washington.
The Washington Post: In Kansas, Gov. Sam Brownback Puts Tea Party Tenets Into Action With Sharp Cuts If you want to know what a Tea Party America might look like, there is no place like Kansas. In the past year, three state agencies have been abolished and 2,050 jobs have been cut. Funding for schools, social services and the arts have been slashed. The new Republican governor rejected a $31.5 million federal grant for a new health-insurance exchange because he opposes President Obama’s health-care law. An