The Peru Gazette

Uncertainty over federal changes to Medicaid in a Trump administration has prompted New York to notify a vendor that it may cancel a $550 million upgrade to the state-administered health program’s information and billing system. State Medicaid Director Jason Helgerson said the state could lose the 90 percent share the federal government was expected to pay for the complex upgrade — about $495 million — if the Trump administration changes Medicaid to a block grant program. Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway has said converting Medicaid to block grants is part of the administration’s plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the federal law known as Obamacare. Medicaid is the joint state-federal health insurance program for low-income Americans.

Source: Uncertainty over Medicaid changes may stall N.Y. computer upgrade – Times Union