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Phase 4: Wave 4: everyone · Step 4.3

Fold Medicaid and CHIP into UHP

Year 4 (dual eligibles and children earlier) · States; UHADiscuss this step
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Federal share of Medicaid

Federal Medicaid matching funds are redirected into the UHP Trust Fund.

Result
$596.7B
$596.7B → $596.7B
Per resident, per year
$1,749
÷ 341.1M people
Per household
$4,514
÷ 132.2M households

How it's calculated

#StepArithmeticValue
1
2024 amount (CMS NHE Tables 5-1 to 5-4)
Sources: CMS Office of the Actuary (2025)
$596.7B
2
Treatment: redirected
$0.0B
3
Under the plan
$596.7B
Trade-off: Existing public money keeps flowing, now to UHP instead of separate programs.
Sources: CMS Office of the Actuary (2025)