Partial Medicaid expansion, desired by some Republican governors but rejected by the Trump administration last year, may not be so rejected after all.
At least not according to Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which oversees the federal Medicaid program.
In a recent interview, Verma said the administration is reconsidering its rejection of partial Medicaid expansion, an idea she supports and that
What I have said to states and to governors [is] “Tell me what you want to do, and it’s my job to help you get to where you want to go.”
To emphasize this point, Verma also said that
We are changing the partnership between the federal and state government. We are trying to empower states.
Learn more about Verma’s recent remarks about Medicaid expansion in the Politico article “Seema Verma: Medicaid reform rejected by Trump is ‘under review.’”