Trimming that future spending by a bit over 10 percent —
back to the level projected early in the Biden administration
— won’t cause the sky to fall. Instead, it will relieve the
burden on taxpayers and force state Medicaid programs to
refocus their efforts on the truly vulnerable.
Congressional Republicans are currently negotiating a budget reconciliation package that aims to wrest $880 billion in savings from Medicaid over the coming decade.
Democrats have asserted that this effort will be devastating to
Medicaid’s beneficiaries. They underestimate just how widespread waste, fraud, and abuse are in the program.
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.
Common-Sense Fixes in Medicaid Could Save Hundreds of Billions, Making Reform Less Daunting Than Pundits Suggest
Sally C. Pipes
Trimming that future spending by a bit over 10 percent —
back to the level projected early in the Biden administration
— won’t cause the sky to fall. Instead, it will relieve the
burden on taxpayers and force state Medicaid programs to
refocus their efforts on the truly vulnerable.
Congressional Republicans are currently negotiating a budget reconciliation package that aims to wrest $880 billion in savings from Medicaid over the coming decade.
Democrats have asserted that this effort will be devastating to
Medicaid’s beneficiaries. They underestimate just how widespread waste, fraud, and abuse are in the program.
Read the op-ed in New York Sun.
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.