ANNAPOLIS, MD. — A state panel on Wednesday approved more than $361 million in cuts and other revisions to Maryland's general fund budget, bringing total budget revisions since the fiscal year started in July to more than $1 billion.
via www.washingtonexaminer.com
The $361 million in budget cuts which were made today included elimination of 21 jobs through the downsizing of a Rockville facility that serves children with severe emotional disabilities and elimination of 18 positions within the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
The State has plans to reduce Medicaid payments to hospitals by $20.8 million which includes a reduction in the Maryland Children's Health Program of $7.3 million.
Through the denial of unnecessary Medicaid services and ineligible claims, the State believes they will be able to save another $11 million.
Even with all the cuts that have already been made, Governor O'Malley says that only half the necessary cuts have been made and $1.5 billion is the projected shortfall in FY' 2011.
The good news On the positive side, the University System of Maryland at Hagerstown Hospital Center and other campuses weren't cut, this time.
I wonder if the "Public Option" will be needed in the near future to act as a safety net for those who find that their Maryland Medicaid card is denied like a maxed out credit card.
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