The Republican head of state and government of the Senate are discussing a proposal to expand an improvement of an increased adaptation rate for medical support for medical assistance (FMAP) on five states, including Alaska and Hawaii, to bring the parliamentarian to the signing of the proposal, which is for the locking of Senator Lisa Murkowskis (R-Alaska) (R-alaska) could be of crucial importance.
GOP negotiators have a plan to expand the improved FMAP rate on North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming -in addition to Hawaii and Alaska -and to reject the formula for higher federal aid, so that it is based on the states’ density, a Senate source reported in the discussion.
The negotiators hope that it can say goodbye to the Senate by revising the proposal with the parliamentary Elizabeth Macdonough.
If the proposal is accepted, he can deliver Alaska up to 3 billion US dollars for Medicaid funds of $ 3 billion.
The parliamentarian rejected a section of the law on Sunday to provide an improved federal adjustment rate for two states with the highest separate poverty guidelines: Alaska and Hawaii.
Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), who pushed to revise the FMAP formula for his state, says that the current FMAP rates for Alaska are not fair.
“The way the FMAP is calculated makes no sense. It is a pure formula per capital. So it is. If your state has a high income per capital, you have a very low FMAP, even if you have super high living costs, even if you have a super-duper-height costs of health care.” I have been working on this for 10 years. “
The idea of ​​further increasing the payments of Federal Medicaid in some states may not fit well with conservatives such as Sens. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) And Mike Lee (R-Utah), who drive a change to find more savings from Medicaid.
Republican heads of state and government also presented the parliamentarian of the Senate to grant Alaska and Hawaii exceptions for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) exchange requirements if they show progress in reducing the error rates.
