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Job Bill Update: FMAP Extension Stalls Again Keep Contacting Members of
Congress on the Importance of Extending FMAP Relief. The U.S. Senate
failed on Thursday, June 24 to muster enough votes for a jobless
benefits bill that included a provision to extend an enhanced federal
medical assistance percentage (FMAP) Medicaid matching rate for states
for six months. The bill includes a pared-back provision to extend
higher Medicaid reimbursement for the states, to $16 billion from $24
billion. However, a procedural vote to end a filibuster was 57-41, three
votes short of what was needed to advance the bill. The U.S. House of
Representatives stripped out a 6-month extension of the enhanced FMAP
from its version of the bill last month as it worked to bring down the
cost of the legislation. The latest Senate version of the jobs bill
would phase out the enhanced FMAP rate during the course of the six
month extension.
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