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Uninsured Infants and Toddlers Now Above 5% Nationally
What happens when children don’t have health insurance? Their families are exposed to greater financial risk if an accident or asthma attack puts their child in the emergency room. They are less likely to get regular check-ups and health services to keep them developmentally on track. For infants and toddlers, missing regular check-ups risks leaving…
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“Data Privacy” Concerns Could Mean Less Race and Ethnicity Data from the Census Bureau
A few weeks ago, I wrote that new Commerce Department restrictions on the Census Bureau’s use of a group of data privacy methods called noise infusion could lead to less of the critical data, such as from the American Community Survey (ACS), that makes health policy research and analysis possible. But while the ban on…
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Almost All Custodial Parents, Caretaker Relatives Should Not be Impacted by Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements in 28 States
As states rush to implement complex new work reporting requirement provisions before January 2027, the new Interim Final Rule (IFR) released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has caused massive confusion. However, the IFR made important clarifications about which adults are not subject to work reporting requirements (WRRs), are excluded from WRRs,…
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New Executive Order Undermines Child Health
On August 10, 2026, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at making major changes to federal vaccine policy. Among several other actions, this order would make major revisions to the childhood vaccination schedule, direct care providers to administer monovalent vaccines as soon as they are available (starting with splitting up the MMR (measles, mumps,…
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Medicaid Managed Care: The Big Five in Q2 2026
The “Big Five” have announced their results for the calendar quarter ending June 30. They are, of course, the five publicly-traded companies with the largest presence in the Medicaid managed care market, together accounting for about half of all Medicaid enrollees: Centene Corporation, CVS Health/Aetna, Elevance Health, Molina Healthcare, and UnitedHealth Group. The Medicaid market…