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	<title>PHInational.org &#187; Medicaid</title>
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		<title>STATE NEWS UPDATES: Missouri, Minnesota, Alabama</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 14:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Missouri home care workers were legally cleared to unionize, PCAs in Minnesota have been temporarily spared wage cuts, and Alabama's governor is pushing for more Medicaid funding.]]></description>
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		<title>Final Regulations Issued for Community First Choice Option</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 21:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Centers for Medicare &#038; Medicaid Services released final regulations for the Community First Choice Option after incorporating input from stakeholders, including PHI.]]></description>
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		<title>Illinois Nursing Home Stakeholders Speak Out Against Proposed Medicaid Cuts</title>
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		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/illinois-nursing-home-stakeholders-speak-out-against-proposed-medicaid-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Consumers, workers, and other stakeholders in the Illinois nursing home industry are voicing their opposition to a proposed 18 percent cut to the state Medicaid program.]]></description>
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		<title>Alabama Budget Guts Medicaid Program</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/alabama-budget-guts-medicaid-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The FY 2013 budget passed by the Alabama House on April 10 would slash the Medicaid budget down to just $400 million.]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court Health Reform Ruling Could Affect Eldercare</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/supreme-court-health-reform-ruling-could-affect-elder-care/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/supreme-court-health-reform-ruling-could-affect-elder-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a March 28 blog post, eldercare author Howard Gleckman explains what would happen to health care for elders if the Supreme Court finds the Affordable Care Act (ACA) unconstitutional.]]></description>
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		<title>The Affordable Care Act at Year Two</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/the-affordable-care-act-at-year-two/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/the-affordable-care-act-at-year-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Affordable Care Act has already helped direct-care workers, and there are more benefits still to come, writes PHI Government Affairs Director Carol Regan.]]></description>
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		<title>Pennsylvania Consumer-Directed Care Program Threatened by State Government</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/pennsylvania-consumer-directed-care-program-threatened-by-state-government/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/pennsylvania-consumer-directed-care-program-threatened-by-state-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly 22,000 Pennsylvanians who participate in the state's consumer-directed care program -- and the workers who care for them -- face an uncertain future if a plan promoted by state government officials comes to fruition.]]></description>
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		<title>Residents of Adult Care Homes in North Carolina Could Be Forced Out</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/residents-of-adult-care-homes-in-north-carolina-could-be-forced-out/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/residents-of-adult-care-homes-in-north-carolina-could-be-forced-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many as 4,000 people in North Carolina could be forced from their adult care homes when the state finally begins to comply with federal Medicaid eligibility requirements for personal care services at the end of April.]]></description>
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		<title>Webinar to Focus on Coordinating Care for &#8220;Duals&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/webinar-to-focus-on-coordinating-care-for-duals/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/webinar-to-focus-on-coordinating-care-for-duals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The webinar, to be held by the Friday Morning Collaborative, will take place March 9 at 2 pm EST.]]></description>
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		<title>SURVEY: PHI Provides First Snapshot of Workers in MI Consumer-Directed Care Program</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/survey-phi-provides-first-snapshot-of-workers-in-mi-consumer-directed-care-program/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/survey-phi-provides-first-snapshot-of-workers-in-mi-consumer-directed-care-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A report by PHI Michigan provides the first demographic profile on direct-care workers employed by self-directed consumers through the MI Choice Medicaid Waiver Program.]]></description>
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