{"id":15816,"date":"2018-05-08T20:58:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T20:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2018\/05\/08\/administration-rejects-proposal-for-lifetime-medicaid-cap\/"},"modified":"2018-05-08T20:58:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T20:58:00","slug":"administration-rejects-proposal-for-lifetime-medicaid-cap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/administration-rejects-proposal-for-lifetime-medicaid-cap\/","title":{"rendered":"Administration Rejects Proposal For Lifetime Medicaid Cap"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Seema Verma told hospital executives that she wants states to have flexibility in how they administer Medicaid, but there are limits.<\/p>\n

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The Trump administration has made clear it would like to remake the American health care system. There’s been the protracted battle over the Affordable Care Act. Now, there are some new moves on the future of Medicaid.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the federal government released decisions on requests from two states to change the way they administer the health care program for low-income people.<\/p>\n

The first decision came on lifetime caps. Kansas wanted to cut off Medicaid benefits for some people after 36 months.<\/p>\n

At a meeting of the American Hospital Association in Washington, D.C., Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, made clear that she wants states to have lots of flexibility. But she also drew a line <\/a>on how far that flexibility can go.<\/p>\n

“We’re also determined to make sure that the Medicaid program remains the safety net for those that need it most,” Verma said<\/a>. “To this end, we have determined we will not approve Kansas’ recent request to place a lifetime limit on Medicaid benefits for some beneficiaries.”<\/p>\n