SAME Act Sign-On Letter

Senate 703 Hart Senate Office Building B40D Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20015 Washington, DC 20015 Dear Senators Warner and Warnock; The undersigned members of the Partnership for Medicaid – a nonpartisan, nationwide coalition of organizations representing health care clinicians, safety net health plans, and counties – write to you today in support of the States Achieve Medicaid. [...] Since 2014, nearly 16 million individuals have enrolled in Medicaid coverage as part of the ACA’s Medicaid expansion, which allows individuals with incomes up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) the chance to acquire Medicaid coverage for the first time.1 States that chose to immediately expand eligibility to this population received three years of full federal funding beginning in 2. [...] The SAME Act would address this financial disparity by allowing all states the opportunity to secure the same level of federal financial support for their Medicaid expansion population, no matter when they expand. [...] In doing so, it would provide an additional incentive for states to expand their Medicaid programs by allowing the federal government to assume all costs of expansion for three years and guaranteeing federal financial support at no less than 90 percent FMAP for the foreseeable future. [...] Sincerely, American Academy of Family Physicians American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists American Dental Association American Network of Community Options and Resources America’s Essential Hospitals Association for Community Affiliated Plans Catholic Health Association of the United States Easterseals The Jewish Federations of North America Medicaid Health Plans of America National Ass.