Analysts Predict Robust Earnings For Medicaid Managed Care, Despite State, Federal Concerns

Medicaid managed care plans profited from Medicaid expansion, but repealing those expansions might not hurt plans that are well positioned to take on the sickest and poorest beneficiaries, analysts say, as states consider moving beneficiaries who historically have been covered by fee-for-service Medicaid into capitated managed care plans to prepared for the potential of shrinking federal contributions that would likely result if Congress sets up block grants or per-enrollee funding caps. However, some states are at odds with managed care...