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This week on "The State of Ohio": State lawmakers consider what they can do in the wake of the horrible and yet miraculous escape story out of Cleveland involving three women held prisoner in a house for a decade. New data shows more than half of all violent crimes are committed by a very small numbers of offenders. Lawmakers are now working to target that tiny group. And more thoughts on legislation that would dramatically change rules on unions in Ohio.
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| Federal rules to make sure Medicaid recipients are citizens are snagging legal residents too. |
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By Bill Cohen - February 2, 2007 |
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Last summer, Congress passed a new federal law, requiring medi-caid recipients to prove they are U.S. citizens. One goal was to stop illegal immigrants from receiving free medical care, courtesy of U.S. taxpayers. Now, advocates for children are saying there has been an unintended consequence, as legal citizens - most of them children - are being denied the free medical care. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports. |
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Bill Cohen reports (4:04) 
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