White House: Medicaid Reimbursements Can’t Exceed Medicare Rates

By Dorothy Mills-Gregg, Amy Lotven / June 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM

HHS must ensure Medicaid payments are not higher than how much Medicare pays for a certain service, President Donald Trump says in a memo Friday (June 6) directing the department to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse in Medicaid and by limiting state Medicaid payments in a way that mimics a provision from Congress’ reconciliation bill.


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