Monday
Mar152010
National Governors Association Urges States To Prepare For Transition In Health Care Delivery
Monday, March 15, 2010 at 2:49PM
By Laurel Brishel Prichard University of New Mexico/ Talk Radio News Service
The National Governors Association (NGA) urged governors Monday to prepare for changes in how health care is delivered in their states, regardless of reform legislation’s final language.
“If something does pass, states are going to need to quickly move into action,” Andrea Maresca, the Legislative Director for Health Care at the NGA, said during the organization’s winter conference in Washington, D.C.
Added Maresca, “As the process has moved farther along we’ve seen a growing interest from federal policy makers about what states’ role is and clearly a shift in thinking about how governors and key leaders within the states are going to be involved in the implication process.”
NGA Director for the Health & Human Services Committee Matt Salo, who also spoke at the conference, said many governors have been extremely concerned on how the reform will effect Medicaid programs, and explained that while the temporary financing for Medicaid from the recovery act will eventually run out, Congress has been open to extending $26 billion over 6 months to help ease the states in moving into a new era of health care.
The National Governors Association (NGA) urged governors Monday to prepare for changes in how health care is delivered in their states, regardless of reform legislation’s final language.
“If something does pass, states are going to need to quickly move into action,” Andrea Maresca, the Legislative Director for Health Care at the NGA, said during the organization’s winter conference in Washington, D.C.
Added Maresca, “As the process has moved farther along we’ve seen a growing interest from federal policy makers about what states’ role is and clearly a shift in thinking about how governors and key leaders within the states are going to be involved in the implication process.”
NGA Director for the Health & Human Services Committee Matt Salo, who also spoke at the conference, said many governors have been extremely concerned on how the reform will effect Medicaid programs, and explained that while the temporary financing for Medicaid from the recovery act will eventually run out, Congress has been open to extending $26 billion over 6 months to help ease the states in moving into a new era of health care.
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