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Division 3 reviews Granite Advantage trigger law, enrollment trends and funding options
Summary
Members pressed DHHS about the state's 'trigger' law for Medicaid expansion, current enrollment counts and the mix of funding sources that would cover Granite Advantage if the federal match changed.
House Finance Division 3 spent part of its March 5 work session examining the Granite Advantage healthcare program, the state 'trigger' law that could end expansion if the federal match dropped below statutory thresholds, and the funding sources that back the program.
Henry Littman, Medicaid director, told the committee that as of March 3 the Granite Advantage (Medicaid expansion) caseload was just under 59,000 active enrollees; over the course of the previous 12 months roughly 87,000 individuals had participated in the program, and over the life of the program more than a quarter‑million residents had had some period of enrollment. Littman said the average tenure in the expansion group was less than one year, and that some of the caseload fluctuation reflected…
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