COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The director of South Carolina's Medicaid agency said Monday that he realizes his preliminary budget calling for nearly $200 million more from state taxes in 2013-14 is likely an impossible request.

The increase would eat up all of the state's growth for the next fiscal year, according to long-term predictions issued last spring.

"We've already eaten up every single state dollar. Clearly, that's not going to fly," Department of Health and Human Services director Tony Keck told The Associated Press.

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