Senate Reconciliation Bill Deepens Medicaid Cuts Beyond House Version, Targeting Provider Taxes and State-Directed Payments in Expansion States

The Senate Finance Committee's reconciliation draft mirrors core House provisions but introduces significantly deeper Medicaid funding cuts, particularly affecting expansion states. Key changes include reducing the provider tax cap from 6% to 3.5% for expansion states over time and requiring expansion states to phase down state-directed payments by ten percentage points annually until they reach 100% of Medicare rates. These provisions would fundamentally reshape Medicaid financing mechanisms that MCOs and states currently rely on, with major implications for rate adequacy and plan sustainability.

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