tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 21

MEDICAID: States Recommend Ways To Ease Medicaid Cuts

Could higher Medicaid copays be on the horizon?The National Governors Association and the National Conference of State Legislatures drafted proposals suggesting ways Congress could cut $10 billion from Medicaid, the New York Times reported. The NGA proposed funding LTC with more reverse mortgages and raising copayments on Medicaid services. The NGA report also suggested Congress should allow states more leeway to offer different, population-specific benefits packages throughout the state.Although some of the NGA's proposals are similar to President Bush's ideas, the governors didn't include his recommendations that shifted costs to the states, reported the Times.In...

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