Wolf: State would lose billions under new health care bill
Wolf, an opponent of the bill, released a statement that says
Starting in 2020,
The losses "are unacceptable and insurmountable," Wolf said in a statement.
The fate of the bill is uncertain, and a vote is indefinitely postponed.
In a statement, his office accused Wolf of "fearmongering instead of finding constructive ways to help make Medicaid sustainable for future generations."
Against the bill are
Nearly 2.9 million Pennsylvanians — almost one in four — are covered by the state's
Opponents say paring back Medicaid payments would force the states to cut reimbursements for many Medicaid enrollees, potentially including the elderly, disabled and children.
The federal government pays slightly more than half the bill for most people on Medicaid. It pays nearly the whole bill for the more than 700,000 primarily childless low-income working adults who joined Medicaid starting
Under the
The bill's cap on Medicaid costs also would allow that expense to rise with inflation, a rate that nonetheless rises more slowly than the program's historical growth rate.
Many of those hospitals are smaller and rural. With fewer federal dollars, first on the chopping block might be maternity units and cardiovascular services, Carter said, as well as damage to the quality of care, with nothing in exchange to improve the affordability and access to health care.
"It has to stand out as one of the most aggressive attempts to undermine a 50-year joint state-federal partnership I've ever seen," Carter said.
The most expensive Medicaid enrollees are the elderly and disabled, accounting for fewer than one-third of all enrollees in
The state already is giving nursing homes below-cost reimbursements for Medicaid patients, and the
"Very little good can come of that," McDaid said.
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