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Commissioner to press Concord senators on state budget, opioid trust and Medicaid cuts
Summary
A senior commissioner said he will travel to Concord to meet four senators to press for restoring county funds and to object to House proposals that would redirect opioid settlement receipts and reduce Medicaid provider rates; he warned that the changes would shift costs to county property taxpayers.
A senior commissioner told the Strafford County Board of Commissioners he will travel to Concord this week with county officials to meet four state senators and distribute a flyer outlining county concerns with the House budget proposal, including proposed treatment of opioid settlement receipts, reduced Medicaid provider rates and changes to enhanced federal Medicaid (FMAP) reimbursements.
The commissioner described three primary county concerns: a statutory county cap on local spending, measures in House Bill 2 that would effectively spread…
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