<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>How can the Idaho Department of Not Much Health and Welfare claim that is has a "secret formula'? It works for the People of Idaho, not Coca-Cola? One thing is for sure, it is no secret their formula's main <span id="misspell-0"><span>ingredient</span></span> is bullshit. </span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Donovan Arnold</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">From:</span></b> Moscow Cares <moscowcares@moscow.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020@moscow.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, February 7, 2012 7:21 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Vision2020] Some Medicaid Clients Sue Idaho Over Budget Cuts<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div id="yiv216070764"><div><div></div><div>Courtesy of <span id="misspell-0" class="mark">KHQ</span> at:</div><div><br></div>http://www.khq.com/story/16688536/some-medicaid-clients-sue-idaho-over-budget-cuts<div><div> </div><div>------------------------------</div><div style="font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 13px;" id="yiv216070764WNStoryHeader"><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: bold; display: block;" class="yiv216070764">Some Medicaid clients sue Idaho over budget cuts</h3></div><span style="font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" class="yiv216070764Apple-style-span"><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 15px; display: inline;" id="yiv216070764WNStoryBody" class="yiv216070764">By <span id="misspell-1" class="mark">REBECCA</span> BOONE<br>Associated Press<div style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px;">BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Twelve
severely disabled Idaho residents are suing the state after the Department of Health and Welfare refused to disclose why it cut their Medicaid benefits by as much as 40%.</div><div style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px;">The plaintiffs are represented by Idaho Legal Aid attorney Ritchie <span id="misspell-2" class="mark">Eppink</span>, who describes his clients as Idaho's most vulnerable residents. All of them need supervision - some require 24-hour care - and all have multiple medical or mental health problems or developmental disabilities. They also all recently had their Medicaid benefits cut under a formula the state says it can't reveal, according to the lawsuit.</div><div style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px;">The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare says the formula is a trade secret.</div><div style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px;">On Friday U.S. District Judge B. Lynn <span id="misspell-3" class="mark">Winmill</span> ordered the state to
increase the plaintiffs' budgets pending a hearing.</div><div style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 17px;" class="yiv216070764Apple-style-span">------------------------------</span></div></div></span><div><div><span id="misspell-4" class="mark">Seeya</span> later, Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Post Falls, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"If not us, who?</div><div>If not now, when?"</div><div><br></div><div>- Unknown</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div><br>=======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br> serving the communities of the <span id="misspell-5" class="mark">Palouse</span> since 1994.<br> <a href="http://www.fsr.net" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net</a><br> <span id="misspell-6"
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