"The Urban Institute estimated that Chairman Ryan’s block grant proposal of last year would lead states to drop between 14.3 million and 20.5 million people from Medicaid by 2022 (outside of the effects of repealing health reform’s Medicaid expansion). That would result in cuts in enrollment of between 25 percent and 35 percent. The Urban Institute also estimated that the block grant likely would have resulted in cuts in reimbursements to health care providers of more than 30 percent by 2022. There is no reason to think that this year’s proposal would result in cuts that are any less draconian."
Posted on: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 04:05:25 +0000