Medicaid Block Grant Plan Would Shrink Rolls

A new 50-state study by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured assessed the impact of the idea proposed by Congressional Republicans to repeal the national health care law and replace it with a Medicaid block grant to states. The study says that plan would force as many as 44 million poor and disabled Americans out of the program over the next 10 years. Close to 60 million people receive Medicaid coverage now; the national health law is expected to expand that number to more than 70 million, with the federal government paying most of the costs.

from Stateline.org