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A Proposed Personal Healthcare Safety Net Medicaid Fix

By Matthew Glans, Heartland Institute
A Proposed Personal Healthcare Safety Net Medicaid Fix

 Thirty-two states, including the District of Columbia, have chosen to expand their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Medicaid is already placing a severe financial strain on state budgets, and the program has a proven track record of failing to provide cost-effective and efficient care for those in need. Congress is now considering several plans to replace the Affordable Care Act, with no clear choice yet available. A new option recently proposed by…

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Study Says Medicaid Block Grants Could Save $150 Billion

By Ben Johnson, The Heartland Institute
Study Says Medicaid Block Grants Could Save $150 Billion

Transitioning Medicaid from an unlimited entitlement program to limited block grants could save U.S. taxpayers more than $100 billion, or $803 per household, over the next five years, according to a study from the healthcare innovation research company Avalere. Block grants of fixed amounts to states would save $150 billion by 2022, the February analysis found. A per-capita block grant, which would increase or decrease with enrollment, would cut federal spending by $110 billion. In…

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