Some States Looking For More Control Of Medicaid Under Trump
The future of the health law's Medicaid expansion is uncertain but parts of it may remain. State officials want to be able to add more requirements for people participating in the programs, however. Meanwhile, South Dakota's governor says his efforts to get the legislature to consider a Medicaid expansion are now dead.
The New York Times:
Expect Medicaid To Change, But Not Shrivel, Under Donald Trump
The expansion of Medicaid, a central pillar of the Affordable Care Act, faces immense uncertainty next year, with President-elect Donald J. Trump and top Republicans in Congress embracing proposals that could leave millions of poorer Americans without health insurance and jeopardize a major element of President Obama’s legacy. But influential figures in surprising quarters of the new administration might balk at a broad rollback of Medicaid’s reach, favoring new conditions for access to the government insurance program for the poor but not wholesale cutbacks. (Pear, 11/15)
The Associated Press:
Governor Ditches Medicaid Expansion After Mike Pence Meeting
Republican Gov. Dennis Daugaard said Tuesday that he won't pursue an expansion of Medicaid in 2017 after a discussion with Vice President-elect Mike Pence. The South Dakota governor said in a statement that his decision is based on a Monday meeting in which he and Pence talked about the Trump administration's plans for repealing or reforming the Affordable Care Act. (Nord, 11/15)
Sioux Falls (S.D.) Argus Leader:
Pence Dashes Daugaard's Hopes Of Medicaid Expansion
Plans to move forward on Medicaid expansion during the 2017 legislative session came to an abrupt halt Tuesday. Gov. Dennis Daugaard, one of the plan's key architects, in a statement said based on the election of Republican Donald Trump and the administration's plans moving forward, he would drop his request that the state Legislature weigh expanding the health insurance program for needy people. (Ferguson, 11/15)
