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06.21.17

States Could Soon Be Forced to Eliminate Medicaid Expansion

CNN Money interviewed Manatt’s Deborah Bachrach, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article on the likely effect that the GOP health plan would have on Medicaid expansion.  CNN Money reports that moderate GOP senators are hoping to extend the life of Medicaid expansion beyond the hard ...


05.24.17

Challenges of Capping Medicaid Spending

Modern Healthcare quoted Manatt’s Deborah Bachrach, a partner with Manatt Health, in an article about the difficulties of converting open-ended federal funding for all Medicaid beneficiaries into a system of capped payments to the states.   Beyond the technical difficulties, the ...


05.04.17

States May Face Ending Medicaid Expansion Under AHCA

Modern Healthcare interviewed Manatt’s Deborah Bachrach, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article about how the AHCA might impact states’ decisions on Medicaid expansion.The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projected in March that five million fewer people would be enrolled ...


03.10.17

Governors Express Concern Over Medicaid Funding

Modern Healthcare quoted Manatt’s Deborah Bachrach, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article about the power of Republican governors who have stepped in to express concern over cutting funding to Medicaid.   Those governors, along with more moderate GOP senators and congressmen, ...


03.07.17

How Capped Medicaid Payments Could Affect States

Modern Healthcare quoted Manatt’s Deborah Bachrach, a partner with Manatt Health, in an article about the effects of capping Medicaid payments below actual costs, as proposed in the House’s ACA Repeal Bill.The publication reports that some fear states would not be in a financial ...


02.25.17

Without Federal Reimbursement, Medicaid Candidates Left Uncovered

CNN Money quoted Manatt’s Deborah Bachrach, a partner with Manatt Health, in an article about the risks associated with the GOP’s draft of an ACA repeal.The draft legislation doesn't repeal Medicaid expansion for low-income adults, but it eliminates the enhanced federal ...


01.21.17

Lawmakers Weigh Benefits of Flexibility Versus Federal Funds

Modern Healthcare quoted Manatt’s Deborah Bachrach, a partner with Manatt Health, in an article about states that are considering Medicaid block grants as the Affordable Care Act faces repeal.The publication reports that GOP lawmakers, including President Donald Trump, have embraced Medicaid ...


01.14.17

Is Flexibility Worth Fewer Federal Dollars?

Modern Healthcare quoted Manatt’s Deborah Bachrach, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article about governors’ top concerns about ACA repeal.In 2016, the 31 states that expanded Medicaid received $72 billion in extra federal dollars due to the expansion. “Those governors are ...


12.12.16

Weighing Potential Pros and Cons of Medicaid Block Grants

Health Plan Week interviewed Manatt’s Deborah Bachrach, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article on Medicaid’s potential move to block grants. While Medicaid is a federal entitlement program through which state funding is matched with federal dollars, block grants would be an ...


11.30.16

More Requirements for Medicaid Enrollment Reduce Effectiveness

Law360 quoted Manatt’s Deborah Bachrach, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article about Donald Trump’s pick for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator, Seema Verma. Verma is likely to revisit waivers that focus on requiring beneficiaries to be employed, a caveat ...