The Ryan Proposal: State-By-State Impact of Changes in Medicaid Financing [View All]

Converting Medicaid into a block grant and repealing the health reform law as adopted by the House last month in a party-line vote would trigger major reductions in program spending and enrollment compared to current projections, a shift with big implications for states, hospitals and tens of millions of low-income Americans who likely would become uninsured, according to an analysis released today by the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured.


"The effect on enrollment in state Medicaid programs could vary widely. By 2021, between 31 million and 44 million fewer people nationally would have Medicaid coverage under the House Budget Plan relative to expected enrollment under current law, the analysis finds, examining three possible scenarios using different assumptions about how states might respond to lower federal funding. Most of those people, given their low incomes and few options for other coverage, would end up uninsured."

News release:
http://www.kff.org/medicaid/medicaid051011nr.cfm


Full report:
http://www.kff.org/medicaid/8185.cfm