Senate budget
I'm stuck in Greensboro today as the first-look at the Senate budget goes down this afternoon. The early AP bulletin had this to say:
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) _ Leaders in the North Carolina Senate are releasing their budget proposal, which proposes spending less money than the House on reimbursing doctors and others for treating Medicaid patients.Senate Democrats began rolling out portions of their spending plan in subcommittee meetings Monday afternoon. Proposals are expected later Monday on spending for education, the environment and prisons.
The Senate's proposed health budget reduces the money available for Medicaid reimbursements by $42 million. That's a deeper cut than the House offered in its budget two weeks ago.
The Senate has scheduled a full meeting of the Appropriations Committee on Tuesday morning. The two chambers want to get a final budget to Gov. Mike Easley before the fiscal year starts July 1.
I'll be back tomorrow to dig into the full budget bill and report.
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