Do you agree or disagree with converting the Medicaid program from the current system in which states and the federal government share oversight and funding responsibilities to a system of federal block grants to state governments, who would then decide how to allocate the grant funds to Medicaid recipients?
If not, federal regulators will advise the state to block the increase.
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The case argued Monday dates to 2003, when a Kentucky couple argued taxation of out-of-state bonds allowed the state to block interstate commerce.
The so-called "Luxembourg Compromise" allows a member state to block a majority decision being taken if an issue is deemed to seriously affect "a very important national interest".
The key to the 1996 reforms was that the block grants to each state were finite, not matching, so the federal funding did not vary with the amount the state spent.
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With state governments now in charge of doling out federal block grants, some mayors complain that governors and state legislatures are deaf to the needs of cities, and are hesitant to direct funds towards urban programmes.
The governor said she had ordered state police to block re-entry routes to all but emergency workers.
Since the pipeline will cross America's borders, the authority to approve or block it rests with the State Department, which says it will rule by the end of the year.
The EU summit in Barcelona last month ended with an agreement on a major liberalisation of energy markets - a deal which France had threatened to block to protect its giant state electricity monopoly, Electricite de France.
Together, they petitioned the state Supreme Court to block the project on environmental grounds.
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And when it comes to Medicaid, Republicans have one proposal: block grant the money to the state.
Block by block, town by town, state by state, you appreciate anew: There are still so many things to see.
Rep. Henry Waxman in a letter yesterday urged Sec. of State Hillary Clinton to block permits for the cross-border pipeline.
Mr. Obama said he had objected to language in the measure that he believed could have been used to block abortion rights and that the state already had legislation in place protecting infants.
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He filed his lawsuit today in New York state court, hoping to block the merger.
To receive federal block grants from the NEA, a state must spend more money on the arts.
Ben Wizner says the administration is asking the judge to block the case because it might reveal state secrets.
His new health law gave state regulators the power to block premium increases.
The Department of Education can be sent back to the states with continued federal education assistance provided through block grants, consistent with the primary state role in education.
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It took state officials another 10 days to block the attacker from coming back.
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The reforms provided instead for fixed, finite, block grants to the states, with broad state flexibility to adopt changes to get dependents out to work.
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The simplest way for the federal government to restrain Medicaid would be to end the current system of matching state spending and replace this with block grants, which would give the states an incentive to focus on cost-control.
President Bush's boldest policy move on health care reform so far could be the veto he used this morning to block a bipartisan bill reauthorizing and expanding the State Children's Health Insurance Program, which offers free or low-cost health insurance to children in low-income families.
First came Columbus where the crowd filled the State Capitol grounds and spilled down the block.
If the state does not have that power to block, HHS will post its review online to publicly pressure the HMO to back down.
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That may not sound like a large enough voting block to decide an election but, on the state level, young voters can make a big difference.
Voters in Florida rejected by a slim margin a proposal to amend the state's constitution to try to block the federal health law's requirement that people purchase insurance or pay a penalty.
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Kerr also pointed out that there's a conflict of interest when the executive branch, which oversees law enforcement in the state, is in a position to block laws that would limit the powers of law enforcement.
Yet mitigating the risk of default is the fact that Ecuador's ability to service its debt has improved in recent months, as high energy prices, increased taxation of the oil sector and the state's take-over of Block 15 previously run by a US company, Occidental Petroleum (Oxy), are boosting the fiscal surplus and foreign reserves.
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