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Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt (left) and Governor Mitt Romney were at the State House to announce funding that would aid the state’s new healthcare plan.

Federal funds strengthen Mass. universal health insurance plan

US to still provide Medicaid money

By Liz Kowalczyk and Scott Helman
Globe Staff / July 27, 2006

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The state's landmark health insurance law passed an important hurdle yesterday, with the announcement that the federal government has agreed to continue providing Massachusetts $385 million in annual Medicaid money for the next two years. (Full article: 504 words)

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