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Friday, February 10th, 2012

Posts Tagged fmap

Ritter thanks Congress for FMAP extension; Lamborn derides the act

By | 08.11.10 | 1:22 pm

Governor Ritter issued a statement this morning that applauded Congress and the White House for passing a six-month extension to the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage for states as part of H.R.1586 – Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act today. The funds enhances payouts to states for Medicaid after Medicaid rolls grew in response to the economic downturn and further provide $10 billion to to keep teachers on the job.

Ritter joins governors urging Congress to extend health spending

By | 06.30.10 | 5:43 pm

As part of a desperate bipartisan group consisting of the vast majority of the nation’s governors, Bill Ritter called on Congress to pass Federal Medical Assistance Percentages or FMAP funding extensions to provide matching funds for state Medicaid programs. …

A hidden stimulus in health reform

By | 11.16.09 | 9:14 am

It’s a nonsensical element of Medicaid’s funding formula that during economic downturns, when state budgets are most squeezed, states are also asked to bear much higher health costs as the Medicaid rolls swell. The result, inevitably, is the…