{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://sablan.house.gov/26m-medicaid-%E2%80%94-no-local-match", "$2.6M for Medicaid  no local match", "2019-10-15", "2019", "2019-10", "Democrat", "House", "MP", "Gregorio Sablan", "S001177", "sablan.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "$2.6M for Medicaid  no local match                                           \n              Oct 15, 2019      \t\t        \t    \n      \t            \n                    \n                                            \n          \n        \n        \n            \n    \n  \n    \n    \n    No local match will be required for the remaining $2.6 million of the Mariana's Obamacare Medicaid money. We have been working with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to clarify this is the correct reading of theFY20 Continuing Resolutionsigned into law on September 30; and CMS agreed. In addition, to this $2.6 million from 1323 of the Affordable Care Act, the Marianas' annual Medicaid block grant of $6.9 million can also be spent without a local match at least through November 21, when the continuing resolution lapses. This is a welcome stopgap, but our goal remains a long-term solution to the inequitable treatment of U.S. insular areas under the Medicaid program. During this congressional break, the House continued negotiations with the Senate onH.R. 2328. This bipartisan House bill would provide $360 Million for Marianas Medicaid over six years. No local match is required in the first two years; and in year six the match is set tothe most generous for any U.S. state76 percent federal/24 percent local.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://sablan.house.gov/26m-medicaid-%E2%80%94-no-local-match"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7929876446723938, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}