GOP Medicaid plan would slash N.Y. funding

Source: Gannett

GOP Medicaid plan would slash N.Y. funding
Proposal would convert program to block grants
5:00 AM, May. 11, 2011

WASHINGTON — A House Republican plan to convert Medicaid into a federal block grant program and repeal last year's health care reform law would remove 2.17 million New Yorkers from Medicaid's rolls by 2021, according to a new report.

New York's enrollment is around 4.8 million now and is expected to grow to 5.64 million by 2021.

Under the current system, states and the federal government share the cost of treating Medicaid's poor, disabled and elderly patients. New York picks up 50 percent of the cost and splits part of that with county governments.

The GOP House plan stands almost no chance of being adopted in the Senate, although nine Senate Republicans announced a budget proposal Tuesday that also would convert Medicaid into a block grant program.



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