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Trump administration blocks states from using Medicaid to help respond to coronavirus crisis

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Posted: Mar 13, 2020 / 06:39 AM PDTUpdated: Mar 13, 2020 / 09:28 AM PDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.Despite mounting pleas from California and other states, the Trump administration isn’t allowing states to use Medicaid more freely to respond to the coronavirus crisis by expanding medical services.In previous emergencies, including the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Hurricane Katrina and the H1N1 flu outbreak, both Republican and Democratic administrations loosened Medicaid rules to empower states to meet surging needs.But months into the current global disease outbreak, the White House and senior federal health officials haven’t taken the necessary steps to give states simple pathways to fully leverage the mammoth safety net program to prevent a wider epidemic.That’s making it harder for states to quickly sign up poor patients for coverage so they can get necessary testing or treatment if they are exposed to coronavirus.Read the full story on .Suggest a CorrectionThanks for signing up!Watch for us in your inbox.Subscribe Now✕× Close Ad

Posted: Mar 13, 2020 / 06:39 AM PDTUpdated: Mar 13, 2020 / 09:28 AM PDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.Despite mounting pleas from California and other states, the Trump administration isn’t allowing states to use Medicaid more freely to respond to the coronavirus crisis by expanding medical services.In previous emergencies, including the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Hurricane Katrina and the H1N1 flu outbreak, both Republican and Democratic administrations loosened Medicaid...

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