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Set each state's contribution

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State provider taxes and intergovernmental transfers funding Medicaid

endsYear 4States & localities
Today

States tax hospitals and nursing homes to draw federal Medicaid match.

Under the plan

End for acute care because there is no match to draw; the revenue is counted in state MOE calculations.

Trade-off

Ends a financing gimmick; states that relied on it must replace the revenue within their MOE.