February 10, 2021
The Washington Post is reporting this morning that “major changes to Medicaid are included in the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s stimulus proposal. State and local governments will receive $350 billion in aid, according to a draft of a stimulus bill.”
Legislation from the House Energy and Commerce Committee offers the dozen states that haven’t expanded their Medicaid programs under Obamacare a fresh new incentive to do so.
Under the proposal released late last night, the federal government would cover an extra 5 percent of costs for all of their Medicaid enrollees — not just the expansion population — if states agreed to expand the program. The extra contributions would last two years.
Want to learn more? You can read the House Committee on Energy & Commerce Report right here and the section dedicated to budget reconciliation and Medicaid right here.
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