Will Health Care Reform Cause Nevada To Drop Out Of Medicaid?
16th January 2010
Peter Suderman has the goods.
Last month, I noted the possibility that health care reform could give states an incentive to withdraw from Medicaid. Health care reform legislation currently includes approximately $25 billion in unfunded state Medicaid expansions. But many states are in terrible fiscal shape and would have a tough time coming up with the cash to pay for the expansion. Now, the governor of Nevada is saying that his state’s response could be to simply drop out of Medicaid—a voluntary program—entirely.
Of course, the response of the federal government will be to make the program mandatory.