Bill would support Highway Trust Fund by adjusting Obamacare Medicaid match rates
May 27, 2015
A bill filed by Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Arkansas), would apply an estimated $15 billion each year to the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) by adjusting the percentage of Medicaid match funds required by the Affordable Care Act.
The Prioritizing American Roads and Jobs Act of 2015 bill would apply half the "savings" to the HTF, with the other half used for paying down the national debt.
"Obamacare is complicated, but undoing an egregious flaw in the Medicaid expansion component of the law should not be," Westerman said in a statement.