Block Grants and Waivers: What's Next for Medicaid? >

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Families USA National Conference Call Series> First call: Friday, June 25, 2:00 pm EDT> Call topic: Block Grants and Waivers: What's Next for Medicaid?>> >> Over the next several months, Families USA will host a series of> national conference calls to discuss a variety of health coverage> issues. We're kicking off the series on Friday, June 25 at 2:00 pm EDT> with a call about the emerging use of Section 1115 waivers to block> grant the Medicaid program, why this trend is bad for states, and what> advocates across the country can do about it. See Conference call> details below. (For future conference call topics, see Other Topics> below.)>> Many of you may have heard about the Bush Administration's 2003> proposal to block grant the Medicaid program. Although this proposal> is currently stalled at the federal level, the block grant beast now> has many tentacles and is creeping in the back door through state> waivers.>> Several states are considering waivers that would fundamentally change> Medicaid from a guarantee of health care to a block grant. On this> call, we'll talk about how block grants (poorly disguised under other> names such as "funding caps," "allotments," and "allocations") will> affect states in the long run, about how these state proposals could> influence national Medicaid policy, and hear about what's happening> from advocates in two states.>> Conference call details:>> Date: Friday, June 25> Time: 2:00 pm-3:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time> Phone Number: 1-877-625-9192> Conference ID #: 495176>> RSVP: If you're interested in participating in this conference call,> please click here.> http://www.familiesusa.org/site/R?i=jQ8GGJv0rMwDRYvcWDDmjg..>> Other Topics:>> Future conference calls will address the following topics:>> * state implementation of the Medicare prescription drug benefit,> * the impact of the elections on national health care policy, and> * innovative ways to increase coverage for employees in small> businesses.>> HELP US SPREAD THE WORD: To forward this message to a friend or> colleague, click here.> http://www.familiesusa.org/site/R?i=OMQajAI4IrEDRYvcWDDmjg..>>> To unsubscribe from all future e-mail, paste the following URL into > your browser:> http://www.familiesusa.org/site/CO?i=xj3rh4Vkk1paZ-Ga00DujY8uFizeWeKm>