Stateline: Detailing how a Medicaid 'blended rate' plan would work

Stateline: Medicaid Explained: How A 'Blended Rate' Would Work
House Republicans already have voted to convert Medicaid into a block grant program. ... The Obama administration has issued its alternative — a plan to cut $100 billion from federal Medicaid spending over the next decade. To states, the most significant part of Obama's plan is a change in a few key funding formulas that determine how many federal dollars states get for Medicaid. Obama's so-called "blended rate" would simplify the way federal money is divvied among the states. But it also would shift a greater share of Medicaid spending to the states (Vestal, 7/28).

Earlier, related from KHN: Governors Wary Of 'Blending' Federal Contribution To Medicaid, CHIP, (Carey, 7/8)..