Kaiser Health News
Montana was among the last states to expand Medicaid, and its Obamacare marketplace has fared reasonably well. It has 50,000 customers, decent competition and no "bare counties," where no insurers want to sell plans.
The provision would amend an obscure Medicaid funding rule that limits the number of beds for mental illness but health groups say its no reason to celebrate.
If states impose lifetime caps and eliminate essential benefits, questions of how much an insurer pays for services remains uncertain.
GOP bill could hurt veterans by eliminating Medicaid access but others argue reform of VA could help eliminate that concern.
AMA and AHA, critics of GOP bill, believe coverage could dramatically reduce for young adults over 26 after leaving parents' insurance.
Bill is part of proposed reforms that supplement the American Health Care Act; Trump administration pledged to support the tort reform legislation.
Medicaid pays for about two-thirds of 1.4 million elderly in nursing homes; it covers 20 percent of Americans, 40 percent of elderly poor adults.
State officials are hoping to win a 21-month extension of an agreement that began in 2011 and will expire in December.
Health law experts caution coverage gap fix for these very low earners would likely be largely undercut by two other changes in the bill.
About a fourth of respondents said the bill made "minor reductions" to Medicaid, and 13 percent didn't realize there were any proposed cuts.