Senate Republican leaders are discussing a proposal to expand an enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) matching rate to five states, including Alaska and Hawaii, to get the ...
LoSasso is professor and chair of the Economics Department at DePaul University. If there is any federal program begging for reform, it’s Medicaid. In 2023, total spending on the program exceeded $870 ...
Despite a bitter partisan battle over federal spending, Congress has passed a six-month, $16.1 billion extension to federal matching funds for Medicaid. The FMAP extension was passed last week by the ...
Section 1905(b) further specifies that the FMAP for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa shall be 55 percent. Section 4725(b) of the Balanced Budget ...