The Threat to Medicaid

1. What agency is mentioned as developing a plan for Trump to turn Medicaid into block grants?

• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

2. How would Medicaid change if the program was changed to a block grant style implementation?

• With block grants, states would receive a set amount of federal funding instead of the open-ended funding they currently receive from the feds.

3. What was the effect of some states adding work requirements to receiving Medicaid benefits?

• Thousands of people in those states have lost coverage.

4. Which president's administration was responsible for the creation of the Medicaid program?

• Lyndon B. Johnson!!!!!!!!!

5. How many people are insured by the Medicaid program in the United States?

• 75 million

6. What was the effect of the Affordable Care Act on the Medicaid program?

• The ACA expanded the Medicaid program greatly.

7. What types of Medicaid recipients would be exempt from work requirements?

• Children, elderly, disabled, or pregnant.

8. What groups of people were originally entitled to Medicaid benefits?

• Children, the elderly, people with disabilities, pregnant women (if your income was low enough).

9. What were the requirements to get Medicaid benefits after Obamacare?

• Anybody with an income in/near poverty ($27,000 and below for a family of three) would be eligible for Medicaid.