Phase II of Trumpcare--more Medicaid cuts,....

The hits just keep coming.




Brasilmagic? @Brasilmagic 14m14 minutes ago

Friends, I am sorry to share this very bad news, but it's important, please share. URGENT Medicaid news from (cont) http://tl.gd/n_1spn0b9
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14th Mar 2017 from TwitLonger

Friends, I am sorry to share this very bad news, but it's important, please share.
URGENT
Medicaid news from Inside Health Policy on an announcement coming out tomorrow (also Phase II). This could result in immediate loss of coverage in some states.

Sources: HHS To Roll Back Medicaid Expansion Eligibility, Managed Care Reg

States that expanded Medicaid will be able to roll back the eligibility levels from 138 percent of poverty for childless adults to 100 percent or freeze enrollment, according to sources close to the issue who told Inside Health Policy that HHS is expected to release this guidance Tuesday (March 14). States with partial expansions will also be able to limit eligibility to 100 percent, the source said. The move comes as conservative Republicans complain the House GOP health care bill, which scraps Medicaid expansion in 2020, isn't aggressive enough in scaling back the program, and as some governors say expansion states should be able to scale back to 100 of federal poverty in exchange for accepting per-capita caps.

In the same guidance, HHS is also expected to roll back two other rules. The first is the Medicaid managed care rule that aligned Medicaid managed care standards with those for qualified health plans and Medicare Advantage plans. The rule pushed alternate payment models and integrated care for Medicaid and CHIP. The second expected to be rolled back is the home and community-based services rule that mandated Medicaid beneficiaries in those settings have access to the same care they would receive in a nursing home or institution.

Health care experts have said the Medicaid managed care rule gets in the way of the GOP's plan to turn Medicaid into a per-capita cap system by setting a national set of minimum policies that managed care plans have to meet. The wide-ranging rule, finished last April, includes network adequacy provisions, a medical loss ratio for managed care plans, and a number of managed long-term services and supports policies.

The expected moves by HHS come in the wake of letter HHS Secretary Tom Price sent to governors Monday (March 13) urging them to use the ACA's 1332 waivers to stabilize their insurance exchange markets by setting up state-based reinsurance programs and high-risk pools. Under those waivers, states would have to cover a population comparable to that which would be covered otherwise.

The White House says it will move forward on ACA repeal and replacement in three phases: the reconciliation bill moving through the House, administrative reforms by Price, and additional legislative reforms that will go through the normal congressional process. -- Susannah Luthi (sluthi@iwpnews.com)'

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