MACPAC Questions How Premium Assistance Plays Into Medicaid's Future

Congressional Medicaid and CHIP advisers questioned the former Arkansas Medicaid director and others about whether more state Medicaid programs should consider a premium assistance model, and one commissioner said that while they were excited about the approach there is concern that a recent Government Accountability Office report slamming the costs of Arkansas' program could dampen enthusiasm for the model. At a meeting last Thursday (Sept. 19), some commissioners said they were eager to see how the premium assistance model plays...