The existing package of Medicaid benefits is extremely comprehensive.

The state now provides $1 billion a year in grants, food stamps and Medicaid benefits to 120,000 families on welfare.

She also said that child care assistance and Medicaid benefits would be provided for two years after an individual is no longer receiving cash benefits.

The state provides a variety of support services to those who do, including child care, transportation and extended Medicaid benefits.

At the same time, he has made plans to base a large part of his second budget around cutting $1.2 billion in welfare and Medicaid benefits.

Of the people who were denied welfare or Medicaid benefits, 59.7 percent had problems with their applications.

The costs of Medicaid benefits are shared by the Federal Government and the states.

Meanwhile, Medicaid benefits must be the same as the essential benefit in the newly created state exchanges.

The budget director said recent increases in the costs of heating oil, Medicaid benefits and other programs have made this year's prospects grimmer than expected.

But Medicaid benefits are not subject to time limits.