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Deferral, Disallowance, Suspension: Three Words That Decide When You Get Paid
The coverage of this year’s federal Medicaid actions uses three words almost interchangeably. Funds were deferred. Payments were suspended. Amounts may be disallowed. In the headlines they blur into one idea, the government held the money, and for a general reader that is close enough. For anyone accountable for a program, it is not close

