Although Congress is moving on President Obama's proposal to extend higher levels of federal Medicaid funding by six months, some states might need help for much longer.
Obama's Feb. 1 budget request would provide $25.5 billion to continue enhanced Medicaid support through June 2011 that otherwise would expire at the end of 2010. Governors, state Medicaid directors and others have said the original $87 billion provided in the most recent stimulus act has been a key to sustaining their Medicaid programs.
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