Medicaid Changes; Should Be Suspended Until Change In Administration, Senate Budget Chair Says

Changes in Medicaid rules proposed last week by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services should be suspended until the next presidential administration, Senate Budget Committee Chair Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) said Tuesday, CongressDaily reports. Conrad said that a moratorium on four Medicaid regulations could be extended into the next Congress for $1 billion.

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Filed under: Medicare / Medicaid / Tricare on March 3rd, 2008