Financing Medicaid Payments: Past, Present, and Future After the OBBBA
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Catherine Kirkland, Partner, King & Spalding LLP, and Baxter Morgan, Senior Counsel, Husch Blackwell LLP, discuss the landscape of Medicaid financing a year after the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, now known as the Working Families Tax Cut Act. They cover provider taxes and impending cuts, the hold harmless rule and litigation involving Florida and Texas, and potential alternative sources of Medicaid financing. Catherine and Baxter spoke about this topic at AHLA’s 2026 Institu...
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