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Ambulance Company Asks State for Medicaid Payment Increase

A private Ohio ambulance company says every time it transports a medicaid patient to a hospital or dialysis session, it loses money because the state reimbursement payments are so low. The company is asking a judge to order an increase in state payments to medicaid providers, but state officials say that's nearly impossible, especially because of a looming state budget crunch. Details now from statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen.

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