Anne Winter
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 17 Jul
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It really is more about expanding the use of technology to get into the rural areas.
A lot of hub and spoke models are out there.
lot of telehealth.
That's where you really see the focus right now.
Lever number one that they have is just cut provider rates, multiple states of cut provider rates and not even targeted rates.
Sometimes it's completely across the board, like in North Carolina and Idaho.
And what's interesting about this, they're cutting rates while they still are filling up their rainy day funds.
So, you know, that's really important from a policy perspective.
Um the second lever is um reducing uh optional benefits.
There's mandatory benefits in Medicaid and there's optional benefits in Medicaid.
Um so for example, prescription drugs are an optional benefit.
No states have ever cut up, you know, and so they sometimes nibble around the edges with chiropractic services or adult dental, but a big optional benefit is HCBS services.
Um and that's a concern because that's actually a cost savings and it's um and I believe there's some, you know, there's some legal guardrails around that as well.
I was not aware of that.
Interesting.
Yeah.
Yeah, that's another one.
Um, just even restricting, you know, clinical criteria for certain things too.
Yeah.
Um, another one is just tightening eligibility.
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