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House to Set Sights on Medicare, Medicaid Cuts in 2018

The House of Representatives will pursue entitlement spending cuts next year, House Speaker Paul Ryan recently explained on a radio program.
That means Medicare, Medicaid, and possibly even Social Security.
Ryan said that

We’re going to have to get back next year at entitlement reform, which is how you tackle the debt and the deficit… Frankly, it’s the health care entitlements that are the big drivers of our debt, so we spend more time on the health care entitlements — because that’s really where the problem lies, fiscally speaking.

Medicare and Medicaid cuts would be very harmful to Pennsylvania safety-net hospitals.
Learn more about Ryan’s remarks, the administration’s priorities, and what other members of Congress are saying about entitlement cuts in this Washington Post story.

PA Safety Net Admin2017-12-14T06:00:33+00:00December 14th, 2017|Federal Medicaid issues, Medicare|Comments Off

SNAP Asks PA Delegation to Protect Safety-Net Hospitals in Budget Talks

As the congressional budget conference committee begins its work, SNAP has asked members of Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation to urge their colleagues serving on the committee to protect the state’s safety-net hospitals from any further Medicare and Medicaid cuts.
In the message, SNAP notes the significant Medicare and Medicaid cuts the state’s safety-net hospitals have already suffered and warns that further cuts could jeopardize access to care in communities across the commonwealth.
Read SNAP’s message to the Pennsylvania congressional delegation here, on the SNAP web site.

PA Safety Net Admin2013-10-30T06:00:36+00:00October 30th, 2013|Pennsylvania Medicaid policy, Safety-Net Association of Pennsylvania, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Medicaid Safe, White House Aide Says

While the Obama administration is willing to discuss further Medicare cuts as part of a broader effort to reduce federal spending, it opposes any further cuts in Medicaid, according to a White House aide.
Speaking at a Families USA conference, economic advisor Gene Sperling explained that the administration now opposes even the Medicaid cuts it proposed last year but is willing to negotiate changes in Medicare that could result in reduced spending on that program.
Read more about the White House’s emerging priorities in this article from The Hill.

PA Safety Net Admin2013-02-04T06:00:00+00:00February 4th, 2013|Uncategorized|Comments Off

Will Fiscal Cliff Deal Make Medicaid, Medicare More Vulnerable?

The relative lack of spending cuts included in the fiscal cliff/Medicare doc fix deal passed by Congress last week could increase the pressure to reduce costs in key safety-net programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.
Or so some policy analysts believe.
Many members of Congress supported the fiscal cliff bill only reluctantly because of it lacked the bigger spending cuts they sought, the thinking goes. Now, with another fiscal cliff deadline looming on March 1, when the previously passed sequestration law takes effect, many who compromised last week will be demanding bigger cuts in exchange for their vote.
As a result, Medicare and Medicaid, two of the federal government’s fastest-growing expenses, are expected to be targets for those in search of cuts. In addition, Medicare has proven to be among the first places many officials look in their search for savings.
Any attempt to implement additional reductions in Medicaid and Medicare, beyond those already scheduled to take effect through the Affordable Care Act and last week’s fiscal cliff bill, would be especially damaging to Pennsylvania’s private safety-net hospitals.
Read more about how last week’s budget solution is far from the end of the threat to Medicare and Medicaid in this Boston Globe article .

PA Safety Net Admin2013-01-08T06:00:47+00:00January 8th, 2013|Uncategorized|Comments Off

Sneak Peek: PA Medicaid Costs to Rise $650 Million in FY 2014

In its mid-year budget briefing, the Corbett administration projects that Pennsylvania’s Medical Assistance costs will rise $650 million in the state’s 2014 fiscal year, which will begin on July 1, 2013.
The budget briefing also noted that the governor has directed state agencies to maintain level funding in their proposed FY 2014 budgets, that level funding essentially means a cut of seven to eight percent because of rising personnel costs, and that the governor “has reiterated that no new taxes will be part of the 2013-14 budget.”
Although the governor does not present his proposed FY 2014 budget for another two months, this raises the question of how the state might pay these increased Medicaid costs – or if next year’s budget might include payment cuts for the state’s Medicaid providers.
Cut would be particularly burdensome to Pennsylvania’s safety-net hospitals because of the especially high numbers of Medicaid patients they serve and their unusual dependence on Medicaid revenue.
Read about the mid-year budget briefing in this PA Independent article and find the budget briefing itself here .

PA Safety Net Admin2012-12-10T06:00:27+00:00December 10th, 2012|Pennsylvania Medicaid policy, Pennsylvania state budget issues|Comments Off

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