How Health Care Fared in the Debt Limit Deal

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Health Affairs' Chris Fleming and Rob Lott discuss how health care would fare under in current legislation negotiated by the White House and Congressional Republications. to suspend the debt limit. They discuss COVID-19 funding claw backs, SNAP work requirements, and more.

Related Links:

• CBO’s Estimate of the Budgetary Effects of Medicaid Work Requirements Under H.R. 2811, the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 (CBO)
• Medicaid Work Requirements Are Back On The Agenda (KFF)
• Forcing States To Tie Medicaid To Work Is An Unconstitutional ‘Gun To The Head’ (Health Affairs Forefront)
• Medicaid Work Requirements: Who’s At Risk? (Health Affairs Forefront)

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