Basically that is what I thought, it means STATES must create that healthcare in state budgets....Medicaid has been a give away, and the governors will have to reel it in! Not happy about that.
This has been one of the Conservatives’ biggest complaints, the Medicaid section of health care provision under Obamacare.
They didn’t want the government funding anyone’s health care provision. They wanted it all to be private sector.
What this means, is that Trump has dumped it on the states, so that they will cut the Medicaid roles, themselves.
It needs to be done. If this does reduce the Medicaid rolls, that’s what we wanted.
Will it result in that? I don’t know. I hope it does.
I didn’t address parts there I should have.
I believe states already have Medicaid programs. In California it’s called Medi-Cal.
California opted to throw as many people on it as they could.
It’s my take that the federal government is going to provide block grants, and the states will have to manage the programs themselves.
It puts more pressure on the states to stay within budget. It may cost some federal overhead too. I’m not sure how the whole thing works.
We have too many people on it in California, and if that number can be cut back, it would be good for the state and the federal government.
If this affects you negatively, I’m sorry.