Six Million Children on Medicaid Could Be Subject To Dramatically Higher Premiums and Cost-Sharing Charges under the House Budget Bill
November 2005
Authors: Cindy Mann and Jocelyn Guyer
This issue brief focuses on premium and cost-sharing changes in the fiscal year 2006 House of Representatives budget bill passed on November 15, 2005. The bill gives states broad flexibility to impose premiums and other cost-sharing mechanisms, as well as increase the maximum amounts states can charge beneficiaries. The implications of these changes for children are discussed in detail.
Download report (PDF)President Bush signed into law a final fiscal year 2006 budget in February 2006. See a summary of the Medicaid provisions.