rip Medicaid, Trump Administration to accept requests to Block Grant Medicaid

[Jwheel86]

 

[CitizenVectron]

What are block grants and how do they (presumably) hurt average people?

[Firewithin]

red states getting what they vote for  

[Mr.Vic20]

HAHA LIBTArrrrrrggghhhhhh... [dead from heart attack]

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11 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said:

What are block grants and how do they (presumably) hurt average people?

Feds give the states a $ amount for x (in this case Medicaid, the safety net health program) and there are usually a few strings attached, but for the most part it's "do whatever you want"

[Guest]

This only applies to the ACA expansion group from what I have read. Traditional Medicaid for the elderly, children, and disabled people will remain the same.

[Jwheel86]

42 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said:

What are block grants and how do they (presumably) hurt average people?

 

Currently medical bills under Medicaid are split typically 80/20 between the Feds and States (split varies depending on the coverage group and service). Under a Block Grant the Feds instead give the States a lump sum for the year based on a formula and that's it. The State either has to make up the difference themselves or cut services. It also lets Republicans cut the Block Grant without cutting services themselves (since the State has to) and blame the States for cut: "Texas lived within their Block Grant, not our fault Illinois wasted their's".