1. And telephone fees that finance the program are being challenged in court as an unconstitutional tax. 2. As it turns out, finding and financing government programs to cover health care costs is only half the battle. 3. At stake is a system of taxes on hospital services that help finance Medicaid programs for low-income people, mainly in New York City. 4. Because that program is financed largely by Washington, a federal waiver would be needed, he said. 5. A similar annual payout by the industry would finance programs to help smokers quit. 6. Additional tax revenues would make it easier to balance the federal budget and to finance troubled programs like Social Security and Medicare. 7. After leaving office, Lutzenberger returned to Gaia and devoted himself to restoring environmentally degraded areas and to financing biodiversity programs, keeping his distance from politics. 8. Both the screening and intervention programs are financed by the federal Individuals With Disabilities Act through the U.S. Department of Education. 9. Bush, one of few governors who actively directed state agencies to finance religious programs, made expanding charitable choice a priority. 10. But it would finance the program in part by requiring states and local governments to shoulder a larger share of the administrative costs for food stamps and Medicaid. |