Medicaid applicants grow as recession widens
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081221/ap_on_re_us/states_medicaid_woes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081221/capt.1acdce313d9b415eabd6618d75db0f29.states_medicaid_woes_wx108.jpg?x=91y=130q=85sig=9Mxaem7bFvt5N5.fyNbzVg--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Cassandra Edmonds and her four-year-old son Quinn pose for a photographer at their home in Bridgeport, Conn. Sunday Dec. 7 2008. Cassandra Edmonds is a single parent, and was laid off by the Board of Education when they had to cut positions because of funding..Around the country, enrollment in Medicaid is soaring due to the economy and states are asking for billions of dollars in relief from the federal government. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey)" border="0" /></a>AP - That day in July was one that Tammy Morse won't soon forget. Five months earlier, her husband lost his job as a recruiter for the financial services industry. Once the family savings were gone, the mother of two from Stratford, Conn., saw no way to get health insurance coverage for her family other than to apply for Medicaid.</p><br clear="all"/>

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