In response the proposed provider tax restrictions, the AHA stated in a release: “We are deeply disappointed that today’s budget reduces Medicaid, which funds services to our most vulnerable patients such as the poor and disabled.”
However, CMS Administrator Don Berwick, MD, said the provider tax restrictions would not begin until 2015, when the healthcare reform law would be raising federal funding levels for Medicaid.
Read the Kaiser Health News report on Medicaid.
Read President Obama’s proposed HHS budget for 2012.
Read more coverage of Medicaid cuts.
– HHS Secretary Lists 3 Ways States Could Cut Medicaid Costs Without a Waiver
– Governors Want Reform Law Changed So They Can Reduce Medicaid Coverage
– House GOP Chair Plans to Slash Discretionary Spending, Warns of More Cuts
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