By Charlie Deitz
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Massachusetts – Massachusetts lawmakers drew up their 27 billion dollar 2011 budget relying on 700 million dollars worth of federal Medicaid funding. This week, Washington failed to get that spending approved meaning that the Massachusetts Conference Committee had to scramble to produce a budget that has to cut over 300 million dollars and use rainy day reserves to cover the gap. WAMC's Berkshire Bureau Chief Charlie Deitz spoke with Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center's Executive Director Noah Berger who says this lost money could stop the economic recovery in its tracks