NE - Providing prenatal care to illegal immigrants hurt state budget
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers may have to take more money than expected from the state’s rainy-day fund if they want to continue providing prenatal care to illegal immigrants.
Revised figures released Thursday show schools will need $3 million more from state government.
That means lawmakers would likely have to dig $3 million to $4 million deeper into the rainy-day fund to both balance the budget and provide prenatal care to illegal immigrants under a bill that will be considered.
The federal government recently required the state to stop providing the care under Medicaid.
Supporters of prenatal care for illegal immigrants are worried that the prospectof taking more from the rainy-day fund could jeopardize the prenatal-care bill.
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Revised figures released Thursday show schools will need $3 million more from state government.
That means lawmakers would likely have to dig $3 million to $4 million deeper into the rainy-day fund to both balance the budget and provide prenatal care to illegal immigrants under a bill that will be considered.
The federal government recently required the state to stop providing the care under Medicaid.
Supporters of prenatal care for illegal immigrants are worried that the prospectof taking more from the rainy-day fund could jeopardize the prenatal-care bill.
read full article here
Posted by Knucklz at March 15, 2010 1:32 AM 
Categories: Health or Science, Taxes, Economy, Government
Tags: cover-up conspiracy government health or science
Categories: Health or Science, Taxes, Economy, Government
Tags: cover-up conspiracy government health or science
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