Mr. Scott welcomed the tentative agreement as one of the first examples of the new freedom and flexibility promised to states by the Trump administration. In a report last week, the Urban Institute estimated that 730,000 to 900,000 people would gain coverage if Florida expanded Medicaid. The Trump administration supports a House Republican bill that would repeal major provisions of the 2010 health law and eliminate funds for the expansion of Medicaid. “The program needed reform, not expansion.”Advertisement Continue reading the main storyMedicaid covers care for low-income people. The Trump administration has not formally announced a new policy on Medicaid, but the change is evident in the “terms and conditions” of the agreement it is negotiating with Florida.

Source: New York Times April 30, 2017 18:16 UTC