STAT+: Senate GOP proposes to rein in states\u2019 tools to boost Medicaid funding
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WASHINGTON \u2014 To help pay for President Trump\u2019s tax cuts, the Senate is clamping down on tactics that states use to boost federal Medicaid funding, according to legislation released by the Senate Finance Committee on Monday.<\/p>\n
The text includes harsher restrictions on Medicaid provider taxes than a version of the bill recently passed by the House. It also places stricter limits on programs that states use to boost Medicaid funding to health care providers, known as state-directed payments.<\/p>\n
The Finance Committee, led by Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), is responsible for the largest portion of the budget reconciliation bill that Republicans are using to make good on Trump\u2019s promise to extend expiring tax cuts and create new ones. The House passed its version<\/a> of the One Big Beautiful Bill last month, and Senate Republicans are now negotiating it.\u00a0<\/p>\n Continue to STAT+ to read the full story\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n