block grant
noun
: an unrestricted grant made by the U.S. federal government to state and local governments to be used at their discretion to pay especially for social services that were formerly paid for through specific federal programs
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Now consider the effect of changing Medicaid to block grants.
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Grover G. Norquist, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2012
Medicaid, the public health insurance program that covers more than 75 million low-income and disabled people, could be converted into block grants that Democrats say would result in far lower funding and enrollment.
—Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
Still, conservative groups from the Republican Study Committee to the Paragon Health Institute to the Heritage Foundation want to turn Medicaid into block grants, impose work requirements or reduce the federal share of program costs for states where coverage has been extended.
—Maya Goldman, Axios, 5 Aug. 2024
Those funds — largely dispatched from the American Rescue Plan through block grants — are drying up now, just as other programs such as the child tax credit are set to expire, Schmelzer and others said.
—Sarah Owermohle, STAT, 11 July 2024
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Grover G. Norquist, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2012
Medicaid, the public health insurance program that covers more than 75 million low-income and disabled people, could be converted into block grants that Democrats say would result in far lower funding and enrollment.
—Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
Still, conservative groups from the Republican Study Committee to the Paragon Health Institute to the Heritage Foundation want to turn Medicaid into block grants, impose work requirements or reduce the federal share of program costs for states where coverage has been extended.
—Maya Goldman, Axios, 5 Aug. 2024
Those funds — largely dispatched from the American Rescue Plan through block grants — are drying up now, just as other programs such as the child tax credit are set to expire, Schmelzer and others said.
—Sarah Owermohle, STAT, 11 July 2024
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“Block grant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/block%20grant. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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