Health Affairs July 24, 2019
Recent news reports indicate that the Trump administration is seeking to authorize states to convert open-ended federal Medicaid funds into a block grant system, and a formal proposal to do so landed at the Office of Management and Budget on June 4. House Democrats have written to Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary Alex Azar to express their concerns about the legal and policy implications of a block grant system.
Not only are there strong legal arguments against efforts to implement a block grant policy, but block grants would also create challenges for states that chose to implement such a program. These legal and policy concerns are foreseeable. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is not only...
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