As Concern Rises Over Medicaid Cuts, Health Insurers Hold Their Fire
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Jan 24, 2025
With chatter in the Capitol heating up about revamping the Medicaid program, some interest groups are already kicking off their efforts to sway lawmakers away from proposals like per capita funding caps, work requirements and changes to the federal funding match rate. Yet at least one health insurer trade group says that it’s focusing more on nearer term threats such as inadequate capitation rates and the cost of covering GLP-1 drugs.
“The broader discussion on any kind of newer approach to Medicaid is an excellent conversation to have, but we’re not at that point yet,” says Ceci Connolly, president and CEO of the Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP). “Nobody is really providing any specific detail about what they mean by work requirements, for instance, or by block grants. They’re just kind of slogans right now.”
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