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Study: 44 million could lose Medicaid coverage under GOP plan
![House Republican plans to repeal the new healthcare law and to convert the Medicaid insurance program into a block grant to states could force as many 44 million poor and disabled Americans out of the program over the next decade, according to <a href="http://www.kff.org/medicaid/8185.cfm" target="_blank">a new analysis by the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation</a>.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-05/61499799-10095213.jpg "House Republican plans to repeal the new healthcare law and to convert the Medicaid insurance program into a block grant to states could force as many 44 million poor and disabled Americans out of the program over the next decade, according to <a href="http://www.kff.org/medicaid/8185.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">a new analysis by the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation</a>.")
House Republican plans to repeal the new healthcare law and to convert the Medicaid insurance program into a block grant to states could force as many 44 million poor and disabled Americans out of the program over the next decade, according to a new...Tags: Social Issues, Paul Ryan, Insurance, Congressional Budget Office, Medicaid
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World Cup skiing update: Lack of speed training hurts Americans
The Fabulous ForumSimply stunning fall day here in Denver. Not quite so nice a couple of hours away at Beaver Creek, Colo., where the men’s downhill had to be canceled earlier Friday because of high winds. That wasn’t the problem in last...... -
Philip Hersh: 24th annual awards to international sports figures
The Fabulous ForumSo here we are, at the end of another year, finding ourselves looking back at an Olympics with tragedy and triumph, with good sports and sore losers (you know who you are, Evgeny Plushenko), a year with stirring achievements and...... -
Philip Hersh: Julia Mancuso adds another big line to her impressive ski record
The Fabulous ForumIt seems a contradiction: Julia Mancuso, long one of the most outgoing personalities in sports, quietly putting together a resume that makes her one of the most outstanding people in her sport. Mancuso added another line to it Tuesday, finishing...... -
Philip Hersh: In finishing 12th, Bode Miller adds to legend
The Fabulous ForumBode Miller showed again why he is the greatest and most charismatic skier in U.S. history. And he did it by finishing 12th in Tuesday's Super-G at the World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. (Yes, at times -- notably the 2006...... -
Philip Hersh: Vonn shakes cobwebs, wins silver in world downhill [Updated]
The Fabulous ForumLindsey Vonn has won everything -- Olympic gold, world championship gold, World Cup titles, more World Cup races than any U.S. skier in history. So second place at a major event should be no big deal to her. But there...... -
Countless hours of coverage in NBC's 2010 Olympic countdown [Updated]
L.A. Times Olympics BlogWant to know why the International Olympic Committee immediately backed NBC when it became angry over the prospect of a U.S. Olympic Network? Yes, the $5.7-billion NBC paid for U.S. broadcast rights to the Summer and Winter games from 2000...... -
The envelope, please: My athletes of year, decade
L.A. Times Olympics BlogThe year after a Summer Olympics is supposed to be a time when the stars of the previous Games catch their breath while the likely stars of the next Winter Games give the Olympic world some breathless anticipation. So it...... -
Bode Miller earns first victory in nearly two years
L.A. Times Olympics BlogHe's back ... Less than four months after making his highly publicized return to the U.S. ski team, Bode Miller posted his first victory in nearly two years by winning a World Cup super-combined event in Switzerland today. Miller, who...... -
Mirai Nagasu not on par with Rachel Flatt? Huh?
L.A. Times Olympics BlogI am trying to figure out how U.S. Figure Skating decided Mirai Nagasu does not belong on the same level as Rachael Flatt in the "team envelopes" for the 2010-11 season that USFS announced Friday. That means Nagasu will get...... -
'Law & Order' scene won't push Vonn from slippery slope
L.A. Times Olympics BlogLindsey Vonn as Alicia and Jeremy Sisto as Det. Cyrus Lupo on the upcoming May 24 episode of NBC's "Law & Order." (Eric Leibowitz / NBC) By Philip Hersh Lindsey Vonn has a scene on Law & Order's 20th season...... -
Lindsey Vonn, Bode Miller lead U.S. Alpine ski team
L.A. Times Olympics BlogHardly a surprise, Lindsey Vonn and Bode Miller lead a list of U.S. skiers earning spots for the Vancouver Games. The announcement of the team was delayed until Tuesday to see if any extra spots opened up. Some did and......
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