Facing a massive gap in Medicaid funding, Georgia's top health official on Thursday urged state legislators to adopt a tax hike on hospitals and health care plans. The state is staring down a $506 million shortfall in Medicaid funds for the fiscal year that begins ...

Sen. Mary Landrieu defended the Senate's version of health care overhaul legislation — and language in it that provides up to $365 million in Medicaid money for Louisiana — as she discussed what her fellow Democrats should do after losing a crucial Senate seat ...

Sen. Ben Nelson said Thursday he has asked Democratic leadership to extend to all states the extra Medicaid funding promised to Nebraska in the health care reform bill. The Democrat wouldn't say who he has spoken to regarding the so-called "Cornhusker Kickback ...

Gov. Bobby Jindal asked the state's congressional delegation for months to help Louisiana shrink a massive and looming Medicaid deficit. U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu picked a measure that the Republican Jindal fervently opposes to attach the partial Medicaid fix, linking it ...