J.E.D
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I'm assuming you conservatives said the same thing about the Bush administration when they told Perry the same thing in 2005?
Texas Loses Entire Women's Health Program Over Planned Parenthood Law
HHS spokesperson told reporters on Thursday that this was not Obama's decision and that the administration's hands are tied on the issue. “Medicaid law is very clear; a state may not restrict patients’ choice of providers of services like mammograms and other cancer screenings, if those providers are qualified to deliver care covered by Medicaid. Patients, not state government officials, should be able to choose the doctors and other health care providers that are best for them and their families. In 2005, Texas requested this same authority to restrict patients’ choices, and the Bush Administration did not grant it to them either.”
And 2008?
Even The Bush Administration Thought Rick Perry's Medicaid Proposals Were Too Restrictive | ThinkProgress
But back in 2008, he tried his luck with President Bush. Perry’s request asked for two big things: authority to implement enrollment caps in Medicaid and additional federal dollars to establish a “Texas pool to help low-income people buy private insurance.”
The Bush administration denied the waiver, arguing that Perry’s Medicaid reforms were too restrictive. From the federal government’s August 7, 2008 letter to the Texas Health and Human Service Commission:
The proposal to include a benefit limit of $25,000 on the parents/caretaker relatives, is one that cannot exist under Medicaid for this group. In addition, there is no precedent under CMS-approved demonstrations to approve an annual benefit limit as low as $25,000 even for an expansion population.
Texas Loses Entire Women's Health Program Over Planned Parenthood Law
HHS spokesperson told reporters on Thursday that this was not Obama's decision and that the administration's hands are tied on the issue. “Medicaid law is very clear; a state may not restrict patients’ choice of providers of services like mammograms and other cancer screenings, if those providers are qualified to deliver care covered by Medicaid. Patients, not state government officials, should be able to choose the doctors and other health care providers that are best for them and their families. In 2005, Texas requested this same authority to restrict patients’ choices, and the Bush Administration did not grant it to them either.”
And 2008?
Even The Bush Administration Thought Rick Perry's Medicaid Proposals Were Too Restrictive | ThinkProgress
But back in 2008, he tried his luck with President Bush. Perry’s request asked for two big things: authority to implement enrollment caps in Medicaid and additional federal dollars to establish a “Texas pool to help low-income people buy private insurance.”
The Bush administration denied the waiver, arguing that Perry’s Medicaid reforms were too restrictive. From the federal government’s August 7, 2008 letter to the Texas Health and Human Service Commission:
The proposal to include a benefit limit of $25,000 on the parents/caretaker relatives, is one that cannot exist under Medicaid for this group. In addition, there is no precedent under CMS-approved demonstrations to approve an annual benefit limit as low as $25,000 even for an expansion population.