guest: i am technically doing a fellowship that honors the memory of robin toner, "new york times" reporter for many, many years. she passed away a couple of years ago from cancer. i am with kaiser health news, a fairly new nonprofit news service. we write health care policy stories for all kinds of papers across the country. we have been in "the washington post," "the new york times." we have our own website. i will be in this position until the end of 2011. i hope to become a better reporter. hope to spend some time learning and slowing down a little bit. loading some aspects of health care policy that i did not know before. i hope to keep writing about health care reform. this is the time to be writing about health care. host: people will love questions. we wanted to is your in on medicaid and how the medicaid program might change as a result of the health care law. what is medicaid? guest: medicaid is the health- care program for the poor. it is a state-federal partnerships. the state put in their pot of money for helping this group insurance coverage. the federal government matches mon

guest: i am technically doing a fellowship that honors the memory of robin toner, "new york times" reporteror many, many years. she passed away a couple of years ago from cancer. i am with kaiser health news, a fairly new nonprofit news service. we write health care policy stories for all kinds of papers across the country. we have been in "the washington post," "the new york times." we have our own website. i will be in this position until the end of 2011. i hope to become a better reporter. hope to spend some time learning and slowing down a little bit. loading some aspects of health care policy that i did not know before. i hope to keep writing about health care reform. this is the time to be writing about health care. host: people will love questions. we wanted to is your in on medicaid and how the medicaid program might change as a result of the health care law. what is medicaid? guest: medicaid is the health- care program for the poor. it is a state-federal partnerships. the state put in their pot of money for helping this group insurance coverage. the federal government matches money

guest: i am technically doing a fellowship that honors the memory of robin toner, "new york times" reporter for many, many years. she passed away a couple o years ago from caer. i am with kaiser health news, a fairly new nonprofit news servic. we write health care policy stories for all kinds of papers across the country. we have been in "the washington post," "the new york times." we have our own website. i will be in this position until the end of 2011. i hope to become a better reporter. hope to spend some time learning and slowing down a little bit. loading some aspects of health care policy that i did not know before. i hope to keep writing about health care reform. this is the time to be writing about health care. host: peoe will love questions. we wanted to is your in on medicaid and how the medicaid program might change as a result of the health care law. what is medicaid? guest: medicaid is the health- care program for the poor. it is atate-federal partnerships. the state put in their pot of money for helping this group insurance coverage. the federal government matches money. the