Twenty-six states have asked the Supreme Court to overturn the healthcare reform law’s mandatory expansion of the Medicaid program. Politico (1/11, Haberkorn) reports that the states argue “the federal government can’t force them to expand the Medicaid program.” Further, they claim the 2010 healthcare law “fundamentally changed the program” in ways states “never imagined when [...]
“The Healthwatch” blog of The Hill (10/2, Baker) reported the Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday on “whether patients and healthcare providers can sue to block states from cutting their Medicaid rates.” Federal Medicaid law “requires states to keep their payment rates high enough for providers to participate in the program.” The Administration argues that [...]
The New York Times (4/27, Rabin) reports, “Of all the changes wrought by the new health care law, none is more sweeping than the transformation of Medicaid — from the government’s health insurance plan for poor families into a much wider program for millions of the poorest Americans who cannot afford insurance on their own.” [...]