Medicaid Reform Amendments of 1987

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Medicaid Reform Amendments of 1987 - Title I: Limits on Federal Financial Participation in State Expenditures; Increased State Flexibility - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to set a cap on Federal Medicaid matching payments to States for FY 1988, adjusted annually thereafter to reflect changes in the cost of medical care. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to distribute additional funds for FY 1988 to States whose Federal Medicaid payments, but for their cap, would exceed 108 percent of capped payments and who either: (1) held increases in their Federal Medicaid payments from FY 1985 through 1987 below the increase in the cost of medical care; or (2) kept the percentage change in their Federal Medicaid payments from FY 1987 to 1988 below average annual percentage changes from FY 1985 through FY 1987. Eliminates the requirement that States provide certain minimum benefits to groups which States have a choice and elect to cover. Sets forth requirements concerning methods for determining the eligibility of individuals for whom State coverage is optional. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1976 to make it clear that the preserva…