Extending Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments;
Support extending Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments.
Occurrences
Evidence
Division B, Title IV lists “Sec. 2401. Delaying Medicaid DSH reductions.” The enacted text amends Social Security Act section 1923(f)(7)(A) by striking the partial period beginning April 1, 2025 and by changing the reduction window from “through 2027” to “through 2028.”
Roll Call 70 was “On Passage” of H.R. 1968, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025; status: “Passed.” The Clerk records “Rogers (KY) Republican Kentucky KY Yea.”
Section 210 is titled “Eliminating Certain Disproportionate Share Hospital Payment Cuts.” It amends Social Security Act section 1923(f)(7)(A) to replace a reduction period beginning March 9, 2024 with one beginning January 1, 2025, and shifts listed fiscal years from 2025 to 2026.
Assessments
The promised outcome was to support extending Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments. While serving in the same federal office, Harold Rogers voted yea on H.R. 1968, which became Public Law 119-4 and included Section 2401 delaying Medicaid DSH reductions by extending the reduction window through 2028. That is direct enacted federal delivery of the promised support, with clear candidate credit through his vote in office.