SNAP asks members of Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation to sign onto a bipartisan letter written by delegation members Brendan Boyle (D) and Mike Kelly (R) asking the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administration to reconsider a proposed regulation that could limit the state’s ability to finance its share of its Medicaid spending and appropriately reimburse providers of high volumes of Medicaid-covered services.

SNAP asks members of Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation to sign onto a bipartisan letter written by delegation members Brendan Boyle (D) and Mike Kelly (R) asking the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administration to reconsider a proposed regulation that could limit the state’s ability to finance its share of its Medicaid spending and appropriately reimburse providers of high volumes of Medicaid-covered services.

SNAP asks the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to withdraw a proposed Medicaid fiscal accountability regulation that grants too much authority to federal regulators, limits states’ ability to finance their share of Medicaid spending, introduces ill-defined standards to the evaluation of state applications to modify their Medicaid programs, and imposes major new regulatory burdens on hospitals and state Medicaid programs.

SNAP asks members of Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation to advocate a two-year delay of Medicaid DSH cuts during upcoming federal budget deliberations.

SNAP thanks members of Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation for voting to include a temporary delay of Medicaid DSH cuts in the continuing resolution that funds the federal government through November 21.