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Sunday, March 31, 2013  As more Republicans give in to President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul, an opposition bloc remains across the South, including from governors who lead some of the nation's poorest and unhealthiest states.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  South Carolina legislators will consider adding a Medicaid expansion plan by House Democrats into the state budget.

Sunday, March 10, 2013  Imagine someone offered to give you $4.1 billion over three years, and if you did not take it, your neighbors would get the money instead.

Friday, February 08, 2013  The state's Medicaid agency will begin in October fully compensating rural hospitals their cost of treating patients who lack health insurance.

Thursday, February 07, 2013  South Carolina's Medicaid agency will begin fully reimbursing rural hospitals this October for treating people without health insurance.

Thursday, February 07, 2013  The man who runs South Carolina's Medicaid program and the director of a hospital in Anderson will debate whether the state should accept federal money to expand Medicaid.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is asking legislators in her third State of the State address to overhaul public school funding, improve the state's crumbling roads, and make prisons a safer place for the guards who oversee the most violent offenders.

Wednesday, January 02, 2013  With mandates from Washington and an infrastructure that needs fixing, state lawmakers have their work cut out for them and no one knows that better than the newest member of Horry County's statehouse delegation.

Thursday, October 04, 2012  South Carolina's Medicaid agency is automatically enrolling 65,000 children in the state's poorest households in the government insurance program.

Monday, April 30, 2012  South Carolina's top prosecutor is taking over the case of a former state Health and Human Services agency employee accused of stealing personal information about hundreds of thousands of Medicaid patients.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012  The United States District Court filed an indictment today against Babubhai Rathod, aka "Dr. Bob,"of Ingham County and 7 of his employees.

Monday, November 07, 2011  Hospitals missing out on government money

Tuesday, October 25, 2011  South Carolina's Medicaid agency may reinstate paying for tooth extractions in 2012-13.

Tuesday, August 09, 2011  U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and 1st District Congressman Tim Scott say they favor changing Medicaid rules to cover men suffering from breast cancer.

Wednesday, August 03, 2011  Reaction to the debt ceiling deal in Washington has been mixed at best.