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Explainer 51 - Beyond Medicaid? Potential Paths Forward to Better Healthcare

RTP's Fourth Branch Podcast

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The Politics of Mega-Waivers

The idea of a mega-waver is to combine 1115 and 111332, both Medicaid for some portions of the population and the individual market. The federal government can give away a lot of money but it doesn't do a very good job of paying attention to what it does," he says. "We forget about that because we only do what works within the ingrained benefit structure"

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