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Jessica Glenza in New York

Former health secretary predicts Trump will bring in block grants for Medicaid

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Tom Price attends a listening session regarding the opioid crisis at the White House on 28 September 2017. Photograph: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Former health secretary Dr Tom Price said he expects the incoming Trump administration to try to allow skinnier insurance plans and institute block grants for Medicaid.

Such changes would leave Americans with less expensive insurance plans that cover fewer health conditions, and strike at the heart of Medicaid, a foundational safety net program that insures 69 million low-income Americans, nearly half of whom are children.

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