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Waiver Budget Neutrality: What does it mean for new waiver initiatives?
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1115 waivers must be budget neutral; i.e., not cost more than if there had been no waiver. States predict what their costs in Medicaid would have been if there was no waiver and compare those to estimates of Medicaid costs if there IS a waiver. The difference is the estimated waiver savings. These savings come…