Lori Trahan: “State Medicaid agencies should be supporting these programs…”

“In the district I represent, UMass Memorial has worked with MassHealth to help patients with acute care needs receive inpatient level care at home, improving outcomes and freeing up sparse hospital beds. State Medicaid agencies should be supporting these programs, but instead they're being forced to spend their time and money complying with new federal mandates that will result in fewer people receiving health care. Mr. Becerri Last year New York State Comptroller DiNapoli stated that the total cost of the Republicans big ugly bill to New York state would be $13 billion annually, including the administrative cost of implementation.” (00:56–01:10)

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