Guest: Robin Rudowitz, Ms.
Host: Bruce Japsen
With the economy in a downturn, more Americans are turning to Medicaid and related government health insurance programs as they lose private coverage. This may lead to some serious repercussions for medical-care providers and their patients. Robin Rudowitz, principal policy analyst for the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about how health benefit program cuts and reduced government spending in a slow economy could impact patients and their medical-care providers.