Jake Auchincloss: “Massachusetts Medicaid is about a third to a half of the…”

“I was just speaking about it with a few of you, which is Massachusetts, every five years, negotiates with the federal government on the terms and conditions and funding for MassHealth for our Medicaid agency. That's a big deal. Massachusetts Medicaid is about a third to a half of the state budget. depending on how you want to calculate it. Billions of dollars it is. 40% of kids in Massachusetts are covered by Medicaid. And it's also a really important reimbursement stream for our hospitals and community health centers.” (08:54–08:59)

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