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Fold Medicaid and CHIP into UHP

Year 4 (dual eligibles and children earlier) · States; UHADiscuss this step
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Jobs: State Medicaid eligibility & managed-care oversight staff

Income-based eligibility determination and annual redeterminations end. Some staff move to state UHP regional offices or SNAP/TANF.

Result
−$1.6B
Per resident, per year
−$5
÷ 341.1M people
Per household
−$12
÷ 132.2M households

How it's calculated

#StepArithmeticValue
1
Employed today
60,000
2
Share displaced
50%
3
Jobs displaced
60,000 × 50%30,000
4
Average annual wage
$55,000
5
Annual wages lost (before reemployment and transition support)
30,000 × $55,000−$1.6B
Trade-off: Accepted under the plan's ground rules; cushioned by the worker transition program and hiring preference at UHA.