Trump Administration Approves Legally Suspect Medicaid Waiver
The Trump administration has approved
The National Health Law Program's (NHeLP) Legal Director
"The
Perkins added, "Beyond its questionable legality, the approved waiver is going to hit low-income, working Kentuckians hard."
Focusing on some specifics of the approved waiver, NHeLP attorney
McKee added, "The approved premiums have been well-studied through previous experimental projects - all concluded that premiums prevent low-income people from accessing medically necessary health care services." NHeLP's Health Policy Director
"Adding obstacles to health care is wrong-headed policy and ignores an abundance of social science research concluding that the types of restrictions approved will limit enrollment in the Medicaid program, spurring uninsured rates and throwing vulnerable families into poverty or closer to poverty." Cuello said. "This is not what hard-working Kentuckians need. They need the state and federal governments working to ensure greater access to Medicaid so they can go on supporting their families and building communities."
See NHeLP's two sets of comments filed with HHS about
NHeLP, founded in 1969, advocates for the rights of low-income and underserved people to access quality health care.
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