Opposition Mounts To Planned CMS Guidance On Medicaid Block Grants

By James Romoser / July 18, 2019 at 3:00 PM
Updated Story Patients’ groups and some Medicaid policy experts are urging the Trump administration to backtrack from a planned CMS guidance letter that is expected to invite states to use 1115 waivers to accept federal Medicaid money through block grants. The guidance letter, which is under review at the White House budget office, is highly controversial among Medicaid stakeholders even while its details are closely guarded at the agency. Stakeholders tell Inside Health Policy that, based...


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