AdvertisementStory continues below advertisementIn its final week, the Trump administration told Texas officials that it had approved a 10-year extension for its Medicaid plan, which was set to expire in 2022. Health advocates had described that waiver as an effort to work around the federal Medicaid expansion by setting up alternate funding to help cover the costs of uninsured patients. Trump officials said that they were moving to provide stability for health-care providers. But the Biden administration concluded the decision was a mistake. The Biden administration also has pushed a dozen holdout states to accept the federal Medicaid expansion.

Source: Washington Post April 16, 2021 20:09 UTC