Trump administration backing off Medicaid rule that states warned would lead to cuts

The Hill

By: Jessie Hellmann

The Trump administration will not move forward with a proposed Medicaid rule that states, hospitals, insurers, patient advocates and members of both political parties warned could lead to massive cuts to the federal health care program for the poor… If finalized, the rule “would have forced states to face larger Medicaid shortfalls and to make bigger cuts harming beneficiaries and providers,” tweeted Edwin Park, a research professor at Georgetown University

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