Poverty Dispatch - September 17, 2007

IRP compiles and distributes Poverty Dispatches, links to Web-based news items dealing with poverty, welfare reform, and related topics twice a week. Each Dispatch lists links to current news in popular print media. Persons wishing to receive Poverty Dispatches by e-mail should send a request to rsnell@ssc.wisc.edu.

Today's Topics in the News:

• Welfare Reform - Tennessee, Florida
• Medicaid and Prescription Drugs
• Medicaid and Income Limits - Colorado
• Medicaid and Managed Care - Georgia
• State Children's Health Insurance Program
• Universal Health Care - San Francisco, CA
• Building Foreclosures and Renters - Oakland, CA
• Subsidized Housing - New Orleans, LA
• Food Stamp Program - Vermont
• Opinion: Michigan's Working Poor
• Editorial: Unemployment Insurance
• Opinion: Foster Youth Transitions to Adulthood

Today's Articles:

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Welfare Reform - Tennessee, Florida

Federal time limit forces Tennesseans off welfare. (TENNESSEE) Read Article
By Janell Ross, The Tennessean. September 17, 2007.
 

Florida's welfare rate is lowest in the nation. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By Karen Branch-Brioso, Tampa Tribune. September 17, 2007.
 

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Medicaid and Prescription Drugs

Medicaid drug rule may hurt recipients. Read Article
By Richard Wolf, USA Today. September 16, 2007.
 

Worry over new Medicaid drug-list program. (COLORADO) Read Article
By Myung Oak Kim, Rocky Mountain News. September 15, 2007.
 

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Medicaid and Income Limits - Colorado

Keeping Medicaid limits income. (COLORADO) Read Article
By David Montero, Rocky Mountain News. September 15, 2007.
 

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Medicaid and Managed Care - Georgia

Board growing impatient with Medicaid overhaul. (GEORGIA) Read Article
By Dave Williams, Henry Daily Herald. September 13, 2007.
 

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State Children's Health Insurance Program

Dispute on health coverage for uninsured children intensifies. (OHIO) Read Article
By Elizabeth Auster, Cleveland Plain Dealer. September 17, 2007.
 

Minnesota pressures Washington on health care for kids. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Lorna Benson, Minnesota Public Radio. September 13, 2007.
 

N.J.'s Corzine to defy new health-care rules. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Christopher Lee, Washington Post. September 14, 2007.
 

Eaves lays out plan for funding kids' health care. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Natalie Chandler, Clarion-Ledger. September 17, 2007.
 

Congress nears deal on youth healthcare. Read Article
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Los Angeles Times. September 15, 2007.
 

Veto risk seen in compromise on child health. Read Article
By Robert Pear, New York Times. September 17, 2007.
 

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Universal Health Care - San Francisco, CA

San Francisco to offer care for uninsured adults. (SAN FRANCISCO, CA) Read Article
By Kevin Sack, New York Times. September 14, 2007.
 

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Building Foreclosures and Renters - Oakland, CA

Mortgage crisis hurting tenants. (OAKLAND, CA) Read Article
By Barbara Grady, Oakland Tribune. September 15, 2007.
 

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Subsidized Housing - New Orleans, LA

La. policies concentrate poverty. (NEW ORLEANS, LA) Read Article
By Bruce Eggler, New Orleans Times-Picayune. September 17, 2007.
 

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Food Stamp Program - Vermont

Food Stamps: Old stereotypes no longer true. (VERMONT) Read Article
By Mel Huff, Montpelier Times Argus. September 17, 2007.
 

Farm Bill provision could hurt Vermont food stamp collaboration. (VERMONT) Read Article
Associated Press, Burlington Free Press. September 15, 2007.
 

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Opinion: Michigan's Working Poor

State's working poor need help. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Mark Gaffney, Detroit News. September 14, 2007.
 

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Editorial: Unemployment Insurance

More help needed for tougher times. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, New York Times. September 14, 2007.
 

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Opinion: Foster Youth Transitions to Adulthood

From foster kid to adult. (OHIO) Read Article
By Krista Ramsey, Cincinnati Enquirer. September 16, 2007.
 

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