"While states are committed to upholding their responsibility to Medicaid, we have significant concerns that the actions taken by CMS will effectively end the federal government's participation in many crucial components of the Medicaid program and inappropriately shift those costs to states. [The CMS regulations taking effect later this year that would shift billions of dollars in costs from the federal government to the states] are particularly onerous given the difficult fiscal situation in many states."

-- From a National Governors Association letter sent to Congress on Feb. 25, requesting a delay in the implementation of new Medicaid regs.

…was paid to lobbyists in 2007 by UnitedHealthGroup, according to public documents.

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