CARSON CITY, Nev. - Nevada officials on Tuesday outlined drastic cuts to the state's Medicaid program that include plans to ration adult diapers, eliminate denture and hearing-aid programs, and force personal care assistants to buy their own disposable gloves.
Replica BURBERRY WatchesState lawmakers learned of the cuts at a committee hearing in which health officials said adult day care programs, vision services and outpatient programs for people with brain trauma would also be cut.
new eraThe grim proposals brought criticism and rebuke from lawmakers of both parties over Gov. Jim Gibbons' comments that Nevada can no longer pay for "bloated government services."
To close Nevada's $881 million budget deficit, Gibbons has proposed eliminating public school mandates for class size and full- day kindergarten, and replica chopard suspending collective bargaining for teachers. Public schools would lose $166 million, and administrators say hundreds if not thousands of teachers could lose their jobs.
The governor also has proposed closing the 140-year-old Nevada State Prison in Carson City, a juvenile corrections facility in Las Vegas, and said 234 state workers would be laid off. More across- the-board salary reductions might be necessary, Gibbons said.
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