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Issue Position: Medicaid

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2014
Issues: Unemployed and Low-Income Entitlements and the Safety Net Health Insurance

The federal government currently pays 57% of total Medicaid expenditures to the states on a matching grant basis. Medicaid spending is exploding and cannot be sustained. Medicaid should be converted to a block grant program to the states, without conditions from the federal government. Federal contributions to Medicaid should be phased out over time, and the program should become totally financed by state and local governments.


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