Poverty Dispatch - September 25, 2008

IRP compiles and distributes Poverty Dispatches, links to Web-based news items dealing with poverty, welfare reform, and related topics twice a week. Each Dispatch lists links to current news in popular print media. Persons wishing to receive Poverty Dispatches by e-mail should send a request to rsnell@ssc.wisc.edu.

Today's Topics in the News:

• Low-income Health Care Disparities
• Medicaid Rule Change - Indiana
• Wages and Health Care Costs
• BadgerCare Plus Health Program - Wisconsin
• Funding for Antipoverty Programs - Ohio, Louisiana
• Free and Reduced-Price Lunch Program
• Home Heating Costs and Assistance Programs
• Claims for Unemployment Benefits
• State Minimum Wages - Washington, Maine, Oregon
• No Child Left Behind and School-restructuring
• Out-of-state Prisoner Transfers - Idaho
• Affordable Housing Projects - Oregon, Mexico
• Census Report: Housing Costs
• Payday Lending - Ohio, Arizona
• U.N. Millennium Development Goals

Today's Articles:

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Low-income Health Care Disparities

Heart attack care often delayed for the poor. Read Article
By Alan Mozes, Washington Post. September 23, 2008.
 

Minnesota poor suffer disparity in medical care, study confirms. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Jeremy Olson, Pioneer Press. September 23, 2008.
 

City plans to increase health care for the poor. (NEW YORK CITY) Read Article
By Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times. September 22, 2008.
 

Report: Millions of children have untreated tooth decay. Read Article
CNN.com. September 23, 2008.
 

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Medicaid Rule Change - Indiana

Elders' lawyers slam planned Ind. Medicaid changes. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Ken Kusmer (Associated Press), Indianapolis Star. September 23, 2008.
 

New Medicaid rules controversial. (INDIANA) Read Article
Martinsville Reporter-Times. September 23, 2008.
 

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Wages and Health Care Costs

Workers pay more, get less in health benefits. Read Article
By Victoria Colliver, San Francisco Chronicle. September 25, 2008.
 

Health care costs increase strain, studies find. Read Article
By Reed Abelson, New York Times. September 24, 2008.
 

Employees’ health-care costs rise. Read Article
By Chen May Yee, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. September 24, 2008.
 

Report: Health insurance costs rising faster than pay. Read Article
By Daniel Lee, Indianapolis Star. September 24, 2008.
 

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BadgerCare Plus Health Program - Wisconsin

BadgerCare Plus health program projected to cost another $25 million this year. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Jason Stein, Wisconsin State Journal. September 22, 2008.
 

Legislators want study on cost of BadgerCare. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Jason Stein, Wisconsin State Journal. September 24, 2008.
 

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Funding for Antipoverty Programs - Ohio, Louisiana

Ohio poor face $80 million loss. (OHIO) Read Article
By Barbara Carmen, Columbus Dispatch. September 25, 2008.
 

ILa. nonprofits seek anti-poverty funds. (LOUISIANA) Read Article
By Sarah Chacko, Baton Rouge Advocate. September 23, 2008.
 

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Free and Reduced-Price Lunch Program

More Beloit students, families live in poverty. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Ashley Rhodebeck, Beloit Daily News. September 25, 2008.
 

Free lunches on the rise. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Robin Gibson, Yorktown Star Press. September 25, 2008.
 

Poverty indicator on rise. (MISSOURI) Read Article
By Janese Heavin, Columbia Tribune. September 24, 2008.
 

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Home Heating Costs and Assistance Programs

States prepare for home heating crisis. Read Article
By Christine Vestal, Stateline.org. September 24, 2008.
 

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Claims for Unemployment Benefits

Jobless claims pushed to 7-year high. Read Article
By Christopher S. Rugaber, Lansing State Journal. September 25, 2008.
 

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State Minimum Wages - Washington, Maine, Oregon

Washington state's minimum wage to hit $8.55 per hour. (WASHINGTON) Read Article
By Cookson Beecher (Associated Press), Capital Press. September 25, 2008.
 

Maine minimum wage increases to $7.25 on Oct. 1. (MAINE) Read Article
Portsmouth Herald News. September 24, 2008.
 

Minimum wage to jump 45¢. (OREGON) Read Article
By Mitch Lies, Capital Press. September 18, 2008.
 

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No Child Left Behind and School-restructuring

Schools fail to meet No Child Left Behind goals. Read Article
By Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle. September 23, 2008.
 

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Out-of-state Prisoner Transfers - Idaho

Idaho's out-of-state prison population grows. (IDAHO) Read Article
By Andrea Jackson (Associated Press), Dallas Morning News. September 22, 2008.
 

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Affordable Housing Projects - Oregon, Mexico

Housing assistance with bootstraps. (OREGON) Read Article
By Gosia Wozniacka, The Oregonian. September 25, 2008.
 

For poor, a steel slice of home. (MEXICO) Read Article
By Sue Major Holmes (Associated Press), Chicago Tribune. September 25, 2008.
 

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Census Report: Housing Costs

More homeowners reach tipping point on housing costs, study shows. Read Article
By Darnell Little, Jo Napolitano and Kristen Kridel, Chicago Tribune. September 23, 2008.
 

More Americans strain to meet housing costs. Read Article
By Anna Bahney, USA Today. September 22, 2008.
 

Census: Housing costs eat up half of more than 7 million Americans' incomes. Read Article
By Arian Sainz and Alan Zibel (Associated Press), Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. September 23, 2008.
 

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Payday Lending - Ohio, Arizona

All eyes on payday lending struggle in Ohio, Ariz. Read Article
By Stephen Majors (Associated Press), San Diego Union-Tribune. September 23, 2008.
 

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U.N. Millennium Development Goals

Extreme poverty the focus at U.N. summit. Read Article
By Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor. September 24, 2008.
 

Failing the world’s poor. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, New York Times. September 23, 2008.
 

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