--- title: Budget Proposal Would Allow States to Drop Medicaid Transportation Benefits description: Budget Proposal Would Allow States to Drop Medicaid Transportation Benefits --- [![modivcare-new-logo_transparent](https://www.logisticare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/modivcare-new-logo_transparent.png?width=157&height=30&name=modivcare-new-logo_transparent.png "modivcare-new-logo_transparent")](https://www.logisticare.com/) ![Banner Background Image](https://www.logisticare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/LogistiCare_January2019%20Theme/Images/Blog-Header.png?width=1720&height=140&name=Blog-Header.png) ## Blog #### 24 million members Strong As the nation’s largest manager of non-emergency medical transportation programs for state governments and managed care organizations, LogistiCare improves care coordination for more than 24 million eligible members and their corresponding providers and hospital networks. ## Budget Proposal Would Allow States to Drop Medicaid Transportation Benefits Posted by Modivcare in Featured, Medicaid Care Coordination on Jul 2, 2018 7:56:45 PM 0 Comments Transportation to and from necessary medical appointments can be a real issue to a vulnerable population of low-income, elderly, frail individuals.  The Trump administration’s fiscal year 2019 budget may allow states to drop the non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) benefit; which has been part of Medicaid since the program’s inception in 1966.  The NEMT benefit was established because what good is the Medicaid entitlement if patients can’t get to their medical appointments?  LogistiCare has been providing access to this type of non-emergency medical transportation for decades.  In 2017, the company managed over 65 million trips and more than 24 million eligible riders. 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