The Trump Administration has proposed that states receive a Medicaid block grant. This means the federal government will provide a specific amount of funding to states and allow state governments to decide how to use that funding to deliver healthcare to citizens.
Why does it matter?
States that opt in to the block grant program could rewrite the rules of their Medicaid program, and could:
Medicaid is a federal program that covers approximately 20% of all Americans, including 6 million New Yorkers. The effect – especially for millions of vulnerable, low-income Americans – could be life-threatening changes in their healthcare coverage and an unsustainable increase in what they have to pay for their healthcare.