PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Governor Carcieri announced a plan six months ago to save the state $67 million by transforming the system for providing health care to the elderly, poor and disabled.
It requires an unprecedented "global Medicaid waiver" from the federal government.
The General Assembly even approved a state budget last month that took the savings into account.
But lawmakers and Rhode Island's 186,000 Medicaid recipients have yet to see a written plan.
House Finance Committee Chairman Steven Costantino says delays could throw the state budget out of balance and require additional cuts.
Department of Human Services Associate Director Murray Blitzer says the proposal would likely be submitted to the federal government the end of July or early August.
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Information from: The Providence Journal, http://www.projo.com/
