Leavitt calls for $60 billion in Medicaid savings.(Medicaid Budget)

Publication: Medicine & Health

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The time for major changes in Medicaid is now, Mike Leavitt said Feb. 2 in his maiden speech as Health and Human Services Secretary.

Leavitt said states should have more flexibility in deciding what services they provide to "optional" Medicaid beneficiaries, whom federal law allows but does not require states to cover (see GEARING UP FOR A GAME OF MEDICAID HOT POTATO). However, the former...

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