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.
About Children's Hospital Association
Children’s Hospital Association is the national voice of more than 200 children’s hospitals, advancing child health through innovation in the quality, cost, and delivery of care.
Related Content
How 60 Minutes Can Create System Change
One children’s hospital is helping schools and health care providers move from conflicting messages to coordinated care.
How Lullabies Help Babies Thrive
New research is advancing music therapy for extremely premature infants.
How CHA Mitigated a Cancer Drug Shortage’s Impact
The recent shortage highlighted pediatrics’ vital need for ifosfamide.
