Ryan Medicaid Block Grant Would Cause Severe Reductions in Health Care and Long-Term Care for Seniors, People with Disabilities, and Children

Ryan Medicaid Block Grant Would Cause Severe Reductions in Health Care and Long-Term Care for Seniors, People with Disabilities, and Children

By January Angeles

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's budget plan would dramatically restructure Medicaid by converting it to a block grant and cutting the program's funding sharply.

According to the Congressional Budget Office, the Ryan budget would reduce federal funding by 35 percent in 2022 and by 49 percent in 2030, compared to what the funding would otherwise be.

This would almost certainly affect tens of millions of low-income Medicaid beneficiaries adversely over time, including seniors, people with disabilities, children, working parents, and pregnant women.

View the full report:
http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3483
http://www.cbpp.org/files/5-3-11health.pdf 10pp.