Obama: $15 billion from stimulus going to Medicaid plan
AP/Yahoo News, February 24, 2009
President Barack Obama has announced he would begin distributing $15 billion to the states within two days to help them with Medicaid payments to the poor. The money will begin reaching the states February 25 from the newly passed $787 billion economic stimulus program, Obama told the nation's governors during a meeting at the White House.
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