The Trump administration’s priorities for cutting Medicaid are coming into focus, as CMS proposes new limits on provider taxes and congressional Republicans revise their reconciliation bill to also include restrictions.
On Monday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed to restrict states' ability to collect...National News
The GOP is dead set on cutting Medicaid as part of President Donald Trump's massive budget overhaul, but identifying the cuts, courting enough votes to pass the cuts and passing them within the president's preferred timeline are all shaping up to be far more difficult than Republican leadership had hoped.
The message from the public...Arizona News
Congressional Republicans have locked onto a state tax used to fund Medicaid programs as a potential avenue for Medicaid cuts, but the nursing home industry is vehemently opposed.
The Medicaid provider tax dates back to the late 1980s, when it was implemented as a creative budgeting solution for states that had a hard time paying for...National News
The first 100 days of President Donald Trump's second term have been nothing short of eventful across all facets of the healthcare sector. From hirings to firings to rehirings, to unceremonious funding severances, to the appointment of a conspiracy theorist as Secretary of Health and Human Services, the shakeup has been historic and will...
This week, Congressional Republicans continue the search for Medicaid tax cuts, this time by returning to reductions of the federal match and the implementation of a per capita spending cap to the negotiating table. It remains clear that Medicaid work requirements alone will be insufficient for total cuts, especially as plan utilization...
To date, there is no set plan to cut Medicaid yet industry stakeholders and political analysts continue to speculate on the potential targets and magnitude of potential funding changes for the program that now insures 79 million Americans or 24% of the U.S. population.
The Trump administration launched its radical overhaul of the...
Congress's intended cuts to the Medicaid program loom large over all federal policy this year. How the cuts will proceed has yet to be determined, but one of the forthcoming options is the limitation of state taxes on providers.
Some in favor of restricting provider taxes argue that states receive federal matching funds without...Arizona News
Now that Congress has funded the government through September, Republicans are beginning to seriously negotiate President Donald Trump's massive legislative package. The bill will be required to include $880 billion in cuts to programs under the purview of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which is virtually guaranteed to...National News
A new study from the Commonwealth Fund demonstrates how federal cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Program (SNAP) could trigger the loss of millions of jobs and have an impact on state-level revenue.
The study found that combined losses from Medicaid and SNAP cuts as proposed could reach $1.1 trillion over a decade,...
Just ahead of the government shutdown deadline, Congress passed a funding bill that would slightly cut spending and empower President Donald Trump to further cut programs. The bill also extended some expiring healthcare waivers.
The Senate approved the legislation passed by the House on Tuesday, averting a government shutdown. Modern...
Last Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a budget blueprint that includes $880 billion in spending cuts for programs overseen by the House Energy and Commerce Committee. While the expectation is that cuts will impact Medicaid, there is little specificity on what they would mean for the program and the shape of the...National News
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a budget framework Tuesday night that includes instructions to apply heavy cuts to the Medicaid program.
The budget framework instructs committees to cut certain amounts from departments they oversee. The Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees health programs, was instructed to cut $880...
President Donald Trump's second administration has a very ambitious and expensive agenda that Congressional Republicans are busy balancing. The party's main target for government savings is Medicaid, and state-level lawmakers are clearing the way for the anticipated federal changes.
Medicaid covers roughly 80 million American adults...
Arizona is one of several states at risk of cutting their Medicaid expansion enrollees should the Trump administration cut federal funding due to a trigger law that will end Medicaid expansion if federal funding drops. The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System counts nearly 650,000 members in its expansion population.
The other...National News
After a campaign season that was light on healthcare topics like Medicaid, a new issue brief from the Manhattan Institute might signal where Republicans are looking to cut spending for the public payor program.
Spending growth is the central issue of the issue brief, and it takes issue with the program's rising expenses in a vacuum....National News
With an eye toward passage before Independence Day, the U.S. Senate finally unveiled its path to the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act.
Republicans need 50 votes to pass the legislation - if two Republicans abandon the bill when it comes to the floor next week and Democrats remain unified in their opposition, repeal...
