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Orie Resolution Urges Congress to Give States
More Flexibility With Medicaid Programs
HARRISBURG -- Sen.
Jane C. Orie (R-40) has introduced a Senate resolution petitioning the U.S.
Congress to adopt measures providing states with more flexibility in
administering Medicaid programs.
Orie said the resolution was
prompted by recommendations of the National Governors Association.
The Association urged Congress
to allow states the freedom to use innovative methods to modernize Medicaid,
with the goal of managing costs, curbing fraud and abuse, and protecting
recipients.
Orie said her resolution also
urges Congress to reconsider the proposed $10 billion in cuts to federal funding
for state Medicaid programs. It also calls for providing tax breaks and credits
for the purchase of long-term care insurance, and removing the statutory
impediment to forming long-term care partnerships.
“Medicaid is the country’s
largest health care program, providing services to 53 million low-income and
disabled individuals,” Orie said. “But increasing caseloads and costs have
forced dramatic increases to state and federal spending. The resolution aims to
address this unsustainable growth through innovative reforms which would
modernize state Medicaid programs.”
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