President Bush Signs War Funding Bill That Delays Medicaid Rules

President Bush on Monday signed into law a supplemental war funding package that includes a domestic spending amendment to delay implementation of six Medicaid regulations, CongressDaily reports. The Senate approved the measure last week, and the House approved it earlier in June (Sanchez, CongressDaily, 6/30).

The six Medicaid rule changes -- issued by the Bush administration -- aim to delay services covered by some states' case management plans; limit Medicaid reimbursement to public hospitals; bar federal reimbursement for transportation to school and school-based care for Medicaid-eligible children; restrict the types of "rehabilitative" services covered by federal funding; reduce federal Medicaid reimbursement for students at teaching hospitals; and limit the taxes that some states charge health providers.


Norman DeLisle, MDRC
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