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Medicaid money won't void potential state layoffs - Times Union

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News that Congress is poised to restore some $2 billion in extra Medicaid funding to New York means the state will be able to offset other costs, but won't allow state number-crunchers to drop their plans for possible layoffs, Budget Director Robert Megna said this morning. A plan to account for the potential loss of so-called FMAP, or Federal Medicaid Assistance Percentage, funds had been included in the state's 2010-11 budget.

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