WICS Live: Around the States

New Hampshire: Medicaid Funding Running Out, According to State Officials.Just two weeks into the state’s new fiscal year, rising unemployment and increased Medicaid enrollment is pushing the state’s Medicaid budget into the red. The new budget projected a 1% increase in Medicaid enrollment in the current fiscal year, which began July 1st. As of July 14th, the state’s Medicaid director predicted that the Medicaid program was only 39 new enrollees away from running a deficit. Already, providers have laid off staff and limited Medicaid services.