Seattle Press on Line - Governor relaxes Medicaid rules

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Governor relaxes Medicaid rules

Jan 20, 2003 -- The Seattle Times reports:

Gov. Christine Gregoire (January 19) ordered the state Department of Social and Health Services to ease its Medicaid rules by requiring recipients to prove their eligibility once a year, instead of every six months.

Though a seemingly minor tweak, the state estimates the eligibility change will bring nearly 20,000 additional children into the Medicaid program. That will cost about $33 million in state and federal funding over the next two years.

Gregoire also said yesterday she is shelving indefinitely a plan to require some Medicaid recipients to pay monthly premiums.

Read it in the Seattle Times.

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