Becker's Healthcare March 18, 2019
Republican-led states are ramping up their efforts alongside President Donald Trump’s administration to implement Medicaid changes including work requirements, block grants and drug testing, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Seven things to know:
1. While the ACA’s Medicaid expansion decreased the nation’s uninsured rate because more people became eligible for coverage, it has its critics.Those who have criticized the federal health law argue Medicaid expansion has pressured state budgets and benefited people who could instead get insurance through jobs, according to the report. More than 30 states and Washington, D.C., have expanded Medicaid.
2. President Trump’s $4.75 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2020 would end Medicaid expansion funding. It would also nationally mandate work requirements as a condition of...
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