Medicaid currently spends north of $880 billion each year, and it already accounts for a large and growing share of state spending.
Enacting a reform that encourages states to spend more on the program — and commits the federal government to matching that spending — is beyond profligate.
Earlier this month, the Trump administration rescinded the Biden-era guidance for states on how to get the federal government to pay for “health-related social needs” via Medicaid.
The guidance stretched the definition of “healthcare” to absurd lengths.
Are carpet replacement and tenant-rights education healthcare?
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Social Needs-Based Medicaid a Costly, Useless ATM
Sally C. Pipes
Medicaid currently spends north of $880 billion each year, and it already accounts for a large and growing share of state spending.
Enacting a reform that encourages states to spend more on the program — and commits the federal government to matching that spending — is beyond profligate.
Earlier this month, the Trump administration rescinded the Biden-era guidance for states on how to get the federal government to pay for “health-related social needs” via Medicaid.
The guidance stretched the definition of “healthcare” to absurd lengths.
Are carpet replacement and tenant-rights education healthcare?
The Biden administration thought so.
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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.