Today, the National Governors’ Association outlined NGA’s preliminary recommendations for Medicaid. Several of the NGA proposals are promising. Others are troubling and likely would be damaging to low-income people.
On the positive side, the proposals dealing with prescription drug costs, for example, hold the potential to reduce state and federal Medicaid costs in ways that do not harm coverage for low-income beneficiaries. These proposals could help states and the federal government become smarter purchasers of drugs without compromising access to, or the quality of care for, Medicaid beneficiaries.
Certain other NGA proposals, however, likely would cause harm to low-income people who rely on Medicaid, including low-income children, working-poor parents, and low-income people who are elderly or have serious disabilities.
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