Introduction of the State Health Flexibility Act

By Caroline May, The Heartland Institute A group of Republican lawmakers in Washington, DC introduced a new plan to return more power to the states by combining Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program into a single block grant. The State Health Flexibility Act—sponsored by Indiana Republican Rep. Todd Rokita, with Republican Reps. Tim Huelskamp of Kansas, Georgia’s Paul Broun, and Ohio’s Jim Jordan, head of the Republican Study Committee, as lead co-sponsors—would give states…