Poverty Dispatch - January 7, 2008

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:

• Foster Youth and Transitions to Adulthood - Florida
• Medicaid Eligibility Restrictions
• Medicaid Reimbursement Rates - Indiana
• State Children's Health Insurance Program - Maryland
• Free Drug Samples as Safety Net for Low-income Patients
• Lack of Health Insurance and Health
• Homeless Families - Boston, MA
• Homeless School Age Children - Alabama
• Affordable Housing - New Jersey, Florida
• Voter Identification Requirements - Indiana, Minnesota
• Tax Refund Anticipation Loans

Today's Articles:

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Foster Youth and Transitions to Adulthood - Florida

Foster kids ill-prepared for adulthood. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald. January 5, 2008.
 

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Medicaid Eligibility Restrictions

U.S. curtailing bids to expand Medicaid rolls. Read Article
By Robert Pear, New York Times. January 4, 2008.
 

Shut out by Medicaid. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Tim Evans, Indianapolis Star. January 6, 2008.
 

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Medicaid Reimbursement Rates - Indiana

Medicaid doctors get rate hike in Indiana. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Ken Kusmer (Associated Press), Evansville Courier and Press. January 5, 2008.
 

Medicaid physicians earn pay bump. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Michael Schroeder, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. January 5, 2008.
 

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State Children's Health Insurance Program - Maryland

Health access plan in spring. (MARYLAND) Read Article
By Larry Carson, Baltimore Sun. January 4, 2008.
 

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Free Drug Samples as Safety Net for Low-income Patients

Drug sample distribution system faulted. Read Article
By Elizabeth Cooney, Boston Globe. January 3, 2008.
 

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Lack of Health Insurance and Health

Health coverage improves health. Read Article
South Florida Sun-Sentinel. January 3, 2008.
 

No insurance, poor health. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, New York Times. January 3, 2008.
 

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Homeless Families - Boston, MA

Number of homeless families rises for 3d straight year in city. (BOSTON, MA) Read Article
By David Abel, Boston Globe. January 5, 2008.
 

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Homeless School Age Children - Alabama

When students have no homes. (ALABAMA) Read Article
By Josh Bean, Press-Register. January 5, 2008.
 

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Affordable Housing - New Jersey, Florida

Report: N.J. needs to step up efforts on affordable housing. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Tom Hester, Star-Ledger. January 4, 2008.
 

Shortage of affordable housing leaves families with few options. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By Tabitha Yang, Tallahassee Democrat. January 7, 2008.
 

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Voter Identification Requirements - Indiana, Minnesota

High court to consider Indiana law on voter ID. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Sylvia A. Smith, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. January 6, 2008.
 

One citizen, one vote, one form of ID? (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Kevin Diaz, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. January 6, 2008.
 

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Tax Refund Anticipation Loans

IRS may curb loans against tax refunds. Read Article
By Kathy M. Kristof, Los Angeles Times. January 4, 2008.
 

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