Verma Mum On Whether CMS Will Approve Medicaid Lifetime Limits

CMS Administrator Seema Verma was noncommittal Thursday (March 22) about the Trump administration's view of state requests to impose lifetime coverage limits on Medicaid beneficiaries, saying only that to obtain CMS approval, the requests must “meet the objectives of the Medicaid program.” Five states -- Arizona, Kansas, Maine, Utah and Wisconsin -- have pending 1115 waiver requests seeking permission to cap the number of years that some beneficiaries can remain on Medicaid. Democrats and advocates for beneficiaries have sharply criticized...