States Put Together 2018 Medicaid Budgets In The Face Of Uncertainty

States are basing their fiscal 2018 budgets on current law for Medicaid and Medicaid expansion, even though state lawmakers, governors and beneficiary advocates fear state programs will face deep cuts if Congress pulls back Medicaid expansion and converts the program into per-capita allotments or block grants. Some states have put language in their 2018 budgets that acknowledges the looming federal health policy questions, a state budget specialist said. However, the budgets themselves depend on current law rather than potential major...