The Limits to Trump’s Medicaid Freedom for States

Governing

By: Mattie Quinn

Ever since being elected, President Donald Trump has vowed to give states more flexibility to enact their own health care policies.

Last month, CMS rejected a waiver from Kansas that would have set a three-year time limit for people to use Medicaid. “I was pleasantly surprised by that,” says Joan Alker, executive director of the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University. Arizona, Utah and Wisconsin have also submitted waivers that include lifetime limits, which Alker expects will also get denied.

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