tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 21

MEDICAID: Budget Socks Medicaid With $10 Billion In Cuts

Clinton leads a group of vocal, displeased Dems. If the hard part was deciding whether to cut Medicaid, the really hard part will be determining how to alter the program to accommodate its new constraints.The House and Senate barely passed 2006's budget on April 28. Heated debates over proposed Medicaid cuts caused a close final vote, in which Democrats dominated the opposing votes.The budget agreement will cut $10 billion from Medicaid funding over four years, beginning in 2007, with cuts expected to hit skilled nursing facilities the hardest. Democrats harshly criticized the budget's treatment of Medicaid.The...

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