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PROVIDENCE -- The House Committee on Finance will begin hearings at 10 a.m. on an agreement between Governor Carcieri and the Bush Administration to revamp the state Medicaid system, which provides health care for the elderly, poor and disabled.

The hearing on the Medicaid waiver agreement will be held in Room 35 in the State House and is open to the public.

If approved, Rhode Island would become the first state in the nation to secure such bold change -- a controversial five-year plan that gives the state more liberty on how it spends its Medicaid money in exchange for agreeing to a $12.1-billion, five-year cap on Medicaid spending.

Carcieri, who is scheduled to testify, proposed the overhauld as part of his attempt to balance the state budget.

-- With staff reports

 Tags  Gov. Carcieri

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