Becker's Healthcare January 21, 2020
Morgan Haefner

The Trump administration is slated to release a guidance on Medicaid block grants, possibly in January, two people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal.

Five things to know:

1. If federal officials approve waivers to change Medicaid funding to block grants, it could be among the administration’s most controversial changes to the 55-year-old Medicaid program, according to the report.

2. Under current regulations, the federal government matches state Medicaid spending. A block grant program would mean a state would instead receive a capped lump sum of federal funding to use.

3. Block grants have already...

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