State looking at cutting Medicaid (Daily Record)
TRENTON -- Medicaid cuts could be on the table as state lawmakers try to close a budget gap. The program, which provides medical coverage to nearly 1 million poor and elderly residents, costs the state $4.5 billion, or $1 out of every $7 in the state budget.

Molina 4th-quarter profit falls (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Molina Healthcare Inc. , a managed-care organization that serves Medicaid patients, on Wednesday reported lower fourth-quarter earnings as increased hospital costs continued to weigh on results, offsetting higher premium revenue.

iVOW, Inc. Comments on Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services' National Coverage Determination for Bariatric Surgery (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN DIEGO----Feb. 22, 2006--iVOW, Inc. , a provider of disease management services for the treatment of chronic and morbid obesity, today commented on the final National Coverage Determination decision issued by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services which states bariatric surgery will be covered for all Medicare beneficiaries.