Key Takeaways from the New Medicaid Demonstration Policy

The Trump administration is encouraging states to pursue demonstration projects that will reduce Medicaid enrollment — not just among Americans covered through the ACA’s expansion but also among traditional beneficiaries, including the very poor, pregnant women, and people with disabilities. On To the Point, George Washington University’s Sara Rosenbaum explains that such demonstrations “would undermine Medicaid’s most basic legislative purpose — to help the poor secure medical care.”