Bulletin: Hilltop Research on Medicaid Provider Taxes featured in the New York Times Again
A New York Times article released today titled “The Biggest Medicaid Cut Left for House Republicans Would Hit Red States Hardest” features a follow-up to Hilltop’s analysis of the potential impact of eliminating the 6% Medicaid provider tax safe harbor threshold. This is a follow-up story to earlier coverage, and includes the impact of Managed Care Organization (MCO) taxes, in addition to hospital and nursing facility taxes. Today’s piece compares the distributional impacts of eliminating provider taxes with another proposed Medicaid reform.
May 9, 2025