Medicaid debate continues.The author of the letter, "Rethinking Annuities for Medicaid Eligibility" (JofA, Nov. 04, page 13) found the article, "Private Annuities Can Aid Medicaid Eligibility" (JofA, Jul. 04, page 88) offensive and said that "encouraging people to game the system is unethical unethical said of conduct not conforming with professional ethics. and should be discouraged by your magazine, not promoted." He added, "Mississippi is struggling to fund its Medicaid program to help truly needy citizens." Funding struggle! The Mississippi state legislature A state legislature may refer to a legislative branch or body of a political subdivision in a federal system. The following legislatures exist in the following political subdivisions: Game the system! Several state legislatures, including that of Mississippi, enacted a tax specifically upon health care providers designed to increase the states' share of the federal matching Medicaid reimbursement Reimbursement Payment made to someone for out-of-pocket expenses has incurred. dollars--annually adjusted "match" for poor states that often has exceeded 80%. Should taxpayers be offended when state legislatures "game the system" by artificially inflating reimbursed Medicaid costs with a provider tax, which does not provide any health care for needy citizens, but simply adds tax dollars to the state's revenues as well as increasing federal matching dollars without delivering a tangible health care benefit or incurring a real expenditure of funds to help truly needy citizens? I found the original article to be an accurate portrayal of one aspect of the complicated federal Medicaid eligibility criteria, which also permits recoupment of the state expenditures from the recipient's resources without the state's necessarily returning the federal matching funds Noun 1. matching funds - funds that will be supplied in an amount matching the funds available from other sources cash in hand, finances, funds, monetary resource, pecuniary resource - assets in the form of money it had previously received. I trust the letter writer's outrage is motivated by genuine concern for the Medicaid system to help truly needy citizens, that he is a CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000. legislator LEGISLATOR. One who makes laws. 2. In order to make good laws, it is necessary to understand those which are in force; the legislator ought therefore, to be thoroughly imbued with a knowledge of the laws of his country, their advantages and defects; to in the process of learning the complicated system and not simply making a political statement. John Suter, CPA Jacksonville, Florida “Jacksonville” redirects here. For other uses, see Jacksonville (disambiguation). Jacksonville is the largest city in the state of Florida and the county seat of Duval County. |
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