BOSTON — Seeking federal dollars and more cost-controls, the Baker administration is reworking Medicaid on at least two fronts, moving toward population health and installing independent assessors for people in need of a range of services.
The health safety net program receives about half of its funding from the federal government and at $15.4 billion makes up the biggest chunk of Gov. Charlie Baker's fiscal 2017 $39.55 billion budget.
According to a recent poll released by the Emerson College Polling Society, GOP frontrunner Donald Trump has what he would call a "yuge" lead over his GOP rivals in Massachusetts.
