Medicaid Cuts Will Drive Up Cost Of Private Coverage, Montana Insurers Say
Insurance executives in Montana are worried that GOP efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act could destabilize a market that is working well.
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Insurance executives in Montana are worried that GOP efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act could destabilize a market that is working well.
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āNothing is safe ā no population, no services,ā the director of the nationās largest Medicaid program said Wednesday. GOP leaders say they seek to cut costs and widen consumer choices.
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The survey also found public support for program changes that would place work requirements on beneficiaries and make drug testing a condition of enrollment.
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Critics point to the stateās aggressive eligibility checks as an example of what can go wrong when states have flexibility and add a reason to worry about GOP efforts to overhaul the program.
In Pennsylvania alone, 124,000 people received drug or alcohol addiction treatment through Medicaid. Republicans in Congress want to cut Medicaid by as much as $800 billion over the next decade, leaving people in recovery wondering what will happen to their treatment.
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