Hospitals Hit Back As Conservatives Target Medicaid ‘Financing Gimmicks’

By Amy Lotven / April 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM

As stakeholders on and off Capitol Hill look to end or reduce states’ ability to tax providers to draw down additional federal Medicaid funds and boost reimbursement, hospitals are hitting back -- arguing that people who characterize complex, yet legal, state financing methods as nefarious budget gimmicks are only trying to mask their goal to cut the Medicaid program.


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