Big Changes for Medicaid | OAS Episode 257

About this episode

The episode discusses significant changes in Medicaid as outlined in the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Act with two policy experts.

Two policy experts on Medicaid--Kathryn Costanza from NCSL and Neda Jasemi from the National Association of Medicaid Directors—joined the podcast to talk about the significant changes in Medicaid that were included in the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Act.

People in this episode

Host: NCSL

Guests: Kathryn Costanza, Neda Jasemi

Topics covered

• Medicaid
• Budget Reconciliation
• Health Policy
• Government Funding
• Policy Changes

Keywords

• Medicaid
• Budget Reconciliation Act
• health policy
• government
• policy experts

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NCSL, National Association of Medicaid Directors, Medicaid

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