Key Points: Budget Reconciliation Bill
Congressional budget reconciliation provisions threaten kids’ access to health care.
Medicaid state-directed payments (SDPs) are a critical funding source for the care children’s hospitals provide to all children. The cuts in the current Senate reconciliation bill will have a devasting impact on children’s hospitals’ ability to access payment levels to sustain and promote access to care for children and their families in the Medicaid program.
Read the financial impact of changes to provider taxes and state-directed payments outline in the Senate budget reconciliation bill.
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