Updated Health Policy Brief: Extra Federal Medicaid Funding
August 12th, 2010
by
Chris Fleming
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Yesterday, President Obama signed into law an extension of extra federal assistance to state Medicaid programs. The additional Medicaid funding was first approved as part of 2009 economic stimulus legislation and was due to expire at the end of the year.
A Health Policy Brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation offers a comprehensive look at the issues involved in extra federal Medicaid assistance for states. The brief, first released in mid-July, has been updated to cover recent developments; it explains how Congress scaled down the final funding extension and paid for it by closing tax loopholes and cutting other programs. (For more on the challenges Medicaid programs will face under health reform, see Leighton Ku’s June 2010 Health Affairs article.)
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Please feel free to forward to any of your colleagues who are tracking health issues. And after you’ve taken a look, we would welcome your feedback hpbrief@healthaffairs.org.
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