Governors at the National Governors’ Association meeting have called for an increase in Medicaid funds through an increase in the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) i.e, the “federal match.” The FMAP helps determine the funds distributed to the state for Medicaid services. Previous House and Senate bills related to an increase are currently stuck in committee, but the Governors believe that president-elect Obama will likely include some form of increase for Medicaid in future stimulus legislation.

More information on the requests by the governors is available at http://www.nga.org