The rules would cut payments for a number of elements Medicaid -. Including federal spending for physical training and transportation for eligible children to school, reported The Wall Street Journal .
These reductions have saved the Medicaid program of approximately $ 1.65 billion in just one year, according to a report from the Office of Congressional budget.
last year, these rules have been blocked until June 30, 08. But yesterday, a Committee on Trade of the US House of Representatives passed legislation to block the rules until April 09, when there will be a new president.
a jump to block these rules has support among all the governors of the country, but the opposition of the White House, wrote the newspaper.
"the Bush administration has and will continue to oppose any moratorium on the adoption of our regulations pending," said a spokesman for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Although Smith rules were blocked, legislators must further reduce costs of Medicaid spending somewhere.
US Representative John Dingell, chairman of the Committee on Commerce, proposed a new bill to crack down against abuse and Medicaid fraud -. Save $ 25 million per year
Smith, who will resign as director, would rather see rules he helped create stick. He argues that they are necessary to keep Medicaid operating.
"[Medicaid] should not become a limitless account for programs and organizations to get federal funds to non-state and local Medicaid purposes," said Smith.
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