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GAO: States Need PPACA Medicaid Expansion Advice
By Allison BellStates also may need help with overcoming procurement, management and financial obstacles, officials say.
July 23, 2012
PPACA: Republicans Ask for Medicaid Funding DetailsOrrin Hatch throws his weight behind a House Energy and Commerce request for information.
July 23, 2012
The one capitalism that dare not speak its name (Bloomberg)The era of the free market might be coming to a close and replaced by state capitalism.
July 20, 2012
Week in Pictures | July 20, 2012The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose last week by 34,000, Angela Merkel gets a headache, banks are up to no good (again) and tragedy strikes Colorado moviegoers. This and more in this week's Week in Pictures.
July 20, 2012
Public pensions about to look less healthy (NPR)The Government Accounting Standards Board is changing the guidelines for how state and local governments report their finances, which is going to make the pension gap look even bigger.
July 20, 2012
Disunited states of Europe (Economist)Britain is all for saving the euro, but it just doesnt want to be involved.
July 19, 2012
Volcker Task Force: States' Financial Woes Eroding ServicesThe cost of caring for aging residents, and providing pension benefits for public employees, is crowding out other spending.
July 19, 2012
States Saying No to PPACA Could See DownsideAn Associated Press reporter gives his take on how governors might handle the PPACA Medicaid expansion provisions.