As part of the Bush administration's ongoing efforts to kick the poor and middle-class in the groin at every possible opportunity, they've just taken steps to reduce medical services available under Medicaid. It's never bothered them when a large corporation overcharged the government by zillions, or when vast sums simply disappeared into that end of the budget. But money spent on health care for the poor in this country? Can't have that.
This is just being mean. Obama and the Democrats are committed in the opposite direction and will presumably undo it all, and then some. But in the few months before that can happen, someone's going to suffer.