Financing

FMAP Guidance on 12-Month Continuous Eligibility for Adults

By Martha Heberlein Way back in May, CMS put out guidance on five strategies designed to make it easier for Medicaid-eligible folks to connect to coverage. You’ve probably heard that several of these have been incredibly successful, including in Arkansas and California. And while 35 states have picked up one or more of the five, […]

History Rebuts Claim that Federal Medicaid Matching Rates Are Unstable

By Edwin Park, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities As I explained last week, there’s no evidence to support claims that the federal government will renege on its commitment to finance nearly all of the costs of health reform’s Medicaid expansion. Some critics also assert that Congress frequently changes the formula that determines what share of states’ […]

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February 3, 2014

The Federal Financial Commitment to Medicaid Expansion Stands

By Edwin Park, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Health reform’s Medicaid expansion is a great deal for states. The federal government will finance nearly all of its costs, picking up 100 percent of expansion costs for the first three years (2014-2016) and no less than 90 percent on a permanent basis. In fact, as a recent […]

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January 31, 2014

CBPP Finds New Plan to Repeal ACA Would Lead to Deep Cuts for Medicaid Beneficiaries, Higher Costs and Fewer Consumer Protections

By Edwin Park, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) unveiled a new plan to repeal all of health reform (the Affordable Care Act or ACA) except for certain provisions related to Medicare, cap federal Medicaid funding, and create a new tax credit for people […]

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January 29, 2014

Budget Deal Kicks “Medicaid Extenders” Down the Road, Adds DSH Delay

Earlier I wrote about progress in the Senate on the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) repeal, or “doc fix,” which passed the Finance committee with the Medicaid extenders intact. Since time was running out for the House and Senate to agree on the exact terms for a permanent SGR fix, the Murray-Ryan budget agreement on […]

Elisabeth Wright Burak

December 23, 2013

States Moving Ahead with Medicaid Expansion Expect Lower State Medicaid Spending in FY 2014

By Tara Mancini Earlier this week, the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured released their 13th annual Medicaid budget survey. The survey found that the average growth in total Medicaid spending and enrollment remained relatively low. However, spending and enrollment will increase across the board in FY 2014 as a result of the welcome […]