Max Baucus: “Different States have different costs of living. Some are more expensive to live in than other States. Although the…”

“Different States have different costs of living. Some are more expensive to live in than other States. Although the Senator is correct that States have set their eligibility rates at 300 percent of poverty, that actually, at that point, States no longer receive the Children's Health Insurance Program match rate, which is 30 percent higher on average than they receive in Medicaid. They can go to 300 percent or above 300 percent, but if they do--if they do--isn't it also true they get a much lower match rate than they receive today; that is, at the CHIP rate rather than the Medicaid rate?”