States rush Medicaid requests before Trump return
Politico November 18, 2024
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THE MEDICAID SCRAMBLE — States are racing to have their Medicaid requests approved before the Trump administration takes power.
The new administration is expected to have a very different view of Medicaid than the Biden administration, and GOP lawmakers in Congress are eyeing major changes. Some states want waivers that will impact their states’ budgets, but others seek to allow Medicaid to pay for social services, a Biden administration innovation that links health to social well-being, POLITICO’s Rachel Bluth, Maya Kaufman, Kelly Hooper and Robert King report.
For example, Hawaii and California want waivers to use federal money to help low-income people with rent, and Pennsylvania and Rhode Island want to use their Medicaid dollars to help...