According to President Obama's health care package, "special deals'' will be removed, which would result in deletion of extra $500 million Medicaid cash for Massachusetts.

However, Bay State policymakers feel that the bill would not let them down and they will be treated fairly.

Senator John F. Kerry too confirmed that the White House has assured him that Massachusetts will not suffer in the final deal.

Kerry said, "I'm confident we will resolve this issue in a way that is fair to all states, and Massachusetts will come out stronger than we are now''.

He said that one way would be to set the Medicaid reimbursement method. This way all states will be reimbursed up to a definite level, while Massachusetts will get what it needs without become visible for special treatment.

Bay State lawmakers would get a severe blow if Massachusetts would be refused extra funds. Governor Deval Patrick is a close friend of President Obama.

Medicaid is significant to Massachusetts, since it offers the utmost coverage under the state-federal program. The people in the state earn up to three times the poverty level to avail Medicaid, while the Federal Government bears half the cost.