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2 in GOP pitch plan to skip Medicaid cuts

By Michael Wickline, Sarah D. Wire

Posted: January 8, 2013 at 12:04 a.m.

DANNY JOHNSTON
Credit: AP
Incoming Senate President Michael Lamoureux (front) answers a reporter’s question Monday during a meeting at the state Capitol in Little Rock, while incoming House Speaker Davy Carter (left) listens.

House Speaker-designee Davy Carter and incoming Senate President Michael Lamoureux said Monday that they don’t expect the new Republican-controlled Legislature to make any cuts to Medicaid programs in 2013.

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Gov. Mike Beebe and state Department of Human Services officials said any problems with the Medicaid program will be fixed bu... (By: DANNY JOHNSTON) (Credit: AP)

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