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States' Medicaid Costs Rapidly Rising

By Paul Tuthill

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Boston, MA – The cost of Medicaid is ballooning in Massachusetts and other states. While everyone acknowledges that the growth rate for the health insurance program for the poor is unsustainable, no one is sure how to go about getting it in check WAMC's Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill reports