HUMAN SERVICE ADVOCATES EXPECT GUV TO DETAIL MEDICAID CUTS TODAY:

Human services advocates are bracing for details of cuts to Medicaid programs they say the Patrick administration may announce Friday. Officials from several human services organizations say the details of proposed cuts are still uncertain but fear that subsidized Medicaid plans may see co-pay increases and personal care attendant hours for eligible patients may be reduced. The officials are preparing to pepper the administration with letters, should Gov. Deval Patrick pull the trigger on the cuts, a possibility they said was up in the air Friday afternoon. Officials in the Executive Office of Health and Human Services did not respond to requests for comment. Patrick cut nearly $82 million from health and human services programs during an October round of budget cuts aimed at partially closing a $600 million midyear spending imbalance. Developing 12:06 P.M.