Article: SEN. KENNEDY: MASSACHUSETTS IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE

The office of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., issued the following press release:

Today, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy announced, with Gov. Mitt Romney, that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has approved the plan to continue the Medicaid waiver which will provide critical funds for health reform to expand coverage. In Massachusetts, there are approximately half a million uninsured residents, and almost all will be covered once health reform is implemented. At risk throughout the negotiations with CMS over the Medicaid waiver, Massachusetts had nearly $600 million a year with $385 million through the actual waiver and $200 million in hospital payments. The Massachusetts legislature, ...

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