On the recordMarch 9, 2017
I ask this of my colleague, the Senator from Oregon, because Washington, Oregon, and so many other States spend so much time innovating. The proposal we are seeing coming out of the House of Representatives really isn't innovation. I like to say that if you are looking at this, just at the specifics, the per capita cap is really just a budget mechanism. It doesn't have anything to do with innovation. It just has to do with basically triggering a cut to Medicaid and shifting that cost to the States. My concern is that we already do a lot with a lot less, and we know how to innovate. We would prefer that the rest of the country follow that same model. I would ask the Senator from Oregon: Do you see any innovation in this model, in capping and cutting the amount of Medicaid and shifting that to the States?
