Here in the Buckeye State, our (Republican) Governor has opted to buy into the ObamaTax Medicaid expansion program, to the consternation of many conservatives and/or fellow Republicans. Likewise Jan Brewer in The Grand Canyon State, and several others. Since we're not a political blog, we generally leave it to others to dissect the "behind the scenes" for us, and today Josh Archambault, co-blogger at Avik Roy's Apothecary blog at Forbes, does a masterful job:
"Governors are not the sole policymakers in their respective states ... The other state trying to experiment with reforming Medicaid in a meaningful manner is Florida. HHS granted approval earlier this week for a waiver to allow more long term care patients into managed care. However, the state is still waiting for a federal decision on a second Medicaid waiver that would allow Florida to move the bulk of its other Medicaid recipients into a statewide managed care program"
As usual, Avik cuts through a lot of the rhetoric (on all sides) to get at the kernel(s) of truth.
Read the whole thing.
"Governors are not the sole policymakers in their respective states ... The other state trying to experiment with reforming Medicaid in a meaningful manner is Florida. HHS granted approval earlier this week for a waiver to allow more long term care patients into managed care. However, the state is still waiting for a federal decision on a second Medicaid waiver that would allow Florida to move the bulk of its other Medicaid recipients into a statewide managed care program"
As usual, Avik cuts through a lot of the rhetoric (on all sides) to get at the kernel(s) of truth.
Read the whole thing.
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