Poverty Dispatch - April 27, 2009

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 irppubs@ssc.wisc.edu.

Today's Topics in the News:

• Medicaid and Drug and Treatment Decisions
• Food Stamp Program - Indiana
• Health Care and the Uninsured
• Joblessness and Unemployment
• Low-income Schools and Teacher Experience
• Aid to Poor Nations
• Payday Lending - Texas
• Earned Income Tax Credit - Missouri
• Opinion: Aging out of Foster Care

Today's Articles:

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Medicaid and Drug and Treatment Decisions

Court: Doctors, Medicaid providers both have say. Read Article
By Kelli Kennedy (Associated Press), Miami Herald. April 24, 2009.
 

Pain, anxiety drugs top Medicaid list. (WEST VIRGINIA) Read Article
By Jake Stump, Charleston Daily Mail. April 27, 2009.
 

Study: Medicaid patients get wrong drugs. (OREGON) Read Article
By Susie Bodman, Statesman Journal . April 26, 2009.
 

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Food Stamp Program - Indiana

Indiana slow in approving food stamps. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Angela Mapes Turner, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. April 26, 2009.
 

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Health Care and the Uninsured

Uninsured mountain looms over the Valley. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Joe Goldeen, Stockton Record. April 25, 2009.
 

Health safety net in Portland area faces surging demand. (OREGON) Read Article
By Joe Rojas-Burke, The Oregonian. April 26, 2009.
 

32% of U. of C. redirected patients are poor, uninsured. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Bruce Japsen, Chicago Tribune. April 27, 2009.
 

Increasingly, not just the poor are uninsured. (NEVADA) Read Article
By Timothy Pratt, Las Vegas Sun. April 27, 2009.
 

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Joblessness and Unemployment

Fertile ground for joblessness. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Matthew T. Hall, San Diego Union-Tribune. April 26, 2009.
 

State senate approves bills for federal funds. (NEW YORK CITY) Read Article
By Matthew Benson, Arizona Republic. April 23, 2009.
 

Economists see more job losses, 9.8% unemployment. Read Article
By Barbara Hagenbaugh and Barbara Hansen, USA Today. April 27, 2009.
 

Unemployment in Spain hits 17.4% . (SPAIN) Read Article
By Vistoria Burnett, New York Times. April 24, 2009.
 

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Low-income Schools and Teacher Experience

Poor neighborhoods, untested teachers. (WASHINGTON, D.C.) Read Article
By Daniel de Vise and Michael Alison Chandler, Washington Post. April 27, 2009.
 

For new teachers, early support can sustain careers. (WASHINGTON, D.C.) Read Article
By Daniel de Vise and Michael Alison Chandler, Washington Post. April 27, 2009.
 

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Aid to Poor Nations

World Bank sounds alarm on growing poverty, calls for aid. Read Article
Deutche Welle. April 24, 2009.
 

World Bank demands poverty action. Read Article
BBC News. April 27, 2009.
 

The hidden pandemic. (Opinion) Read Article
By Tim Colebatch, The Age. April 28, 2009.
 

Forgotten sibling. Read Article
The Economist. April 23, 2009.
 

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Payday Lending - Texas

Payday lenders offer instant cash - but it'll cost you. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Doug J. Swanson, Dallas Morning News. April 26, 2009.
 

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Earned Income Tax Credit - Missouri

Efforts to create state earned income tax credit floundering in senate debate. (MISSOURI) Read Article
By Adam Jadhav, St. Louis Post-Dispatch. April 23, 2009.
 

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Opinion: Aging out of Foster Care

Extend foster care to age 21. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Christian Science Monitor. April 20, 2009.
 

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