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Medicaid Managed Care - U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging

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lose their jobs.<br />

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"Governor Pataki and his administrati<strong>on</strong> are to be c<strong>on</strong>gratulated for having the<br />

perseverance to c<strong>on</strong>tinue to work for so l<strong>on</strong>g,' Dennis Rivera, the president of<br />

1199, the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Health and Human Service Employees Uni<strong>on</strong>, said during a<br />

news c<strong>on</strong>ference with the governor.<br />

But some advocates for poor people c<strong>on</strong>tinued to express c<strong>on</strong>cern that<br />

managed-care companies would not be able to absorb such a huge influx of<br />

new patients while still providing adequate care. They noted that some<br />

companies had already begun to scale back their participati<strong>on</strong> in an existing,<br />

voluntary <str<strong>on</strong>g>Medicaid</str<strong>on</strong>g> managed-care program, complaining that the<br />

reimbursement rates were too low.<br />

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