Author : Edwin Park
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (739 download)
Book Synopsis Proposal to Establish Federal Medicaid "blended Rate" Would Shift Significant Costs to States by : Edwin Park
Download or read book Proposal to Establish Federal Medicaid "blended Rate" Would Shift Significant Costs to States written by Edwin Park and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Obama Administration proposal that's on the table for budget negotiators would reduce federal Medicaid expenditures by reducing the federal share of Medicaid and CHIP costs, shifting costs to states and likely prompting states to cut payments to health care providers and to scale back the health services that Medicaid covers for low-income children, parents, people with disabilities, and/or senior citizens (including those in nursing homes). Reductions in provider payments would likely exacerbate the problem that Medicaid beneficiaries already face regarding access to physician care, particularly from specialists. The proposal would replace the various matching rates at which the federal government reimburses states for their costs in insuring people through Medicaid and CHIP with a single "blended rate" for each state. A state's blended rate would be set at a level that provided the state with less federal funding than under current law, thereby saving the federal government money.