Senate Medicaid Provisions Set Up Deeper Cuts Than House Bill, Reframe Block Grants

The discussion draft of the Senate Republican health care reframes the House Medicaid provisions and walks a fine line between appeasing conservatives with promises of spending cuts and giving hope to moderates by setting up a delay in some of the most stringent cuts. Yet even before Medicaid expansion is phased out and the growth factor is reduced, the draft bill would lead to coverage losses for people on Medicaid and deeper cuts for the providers who care for them,...