and Jennifer Mezey, National Women’s Law Center Simplification and alignment of policies for children in Medicaid and CHIP have helped states fill the gap in private insurance and achieve record levels of coverage for 90% of our nation’s children. These lessons are carried forward in the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) expansion of coverage through Medicaid […]
By Jennifer Mezey, National Women’s Law Center In a significant victory for women and girls, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced this week that all new insurance plans would be required to cover a wide range of preventive services aimed at women’s health – without cost sharing — starting in the first […]
By Martha Heberlein Maybe it’s the famine in Somalia, the ever-fluctuating stock market, the riots in London, the ongoing deficit and debt talks, but I’m in some serious need of good news. Thanks to Jenny Kenney and her colleagues at the Urban Institute, we’ve got some – participation in Medicaid and CHIP has gone up! […]
By Tara Mancini I recently blogged about the way Medicaid has been affected in state budgets and concluded that while the program may incur more cuts, the future outlook is somewhat hopeful due to expected decreases in enrollment and rebounding state revenues. However, an in depth analysis on state budget cuts by the Center on […]
Successful state strategies in streamlining eligibility and coordinating enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP are the heart and soul of the latest round of proposed regulations issued for the Affordable Care Act (ACA). While we’re still wading through the three sets of proposed rules released today by CMS, it’s clear that these regulations take a number […]
Even if you tend to gloss over my technology blogs, please keep reading because this is really BIG news for the states. Yesterday, CMS announced that, for a limited time, it is waiving the requirement that the cost to replace or improve integrated eligibility systems be allocated across programs (at each program’s matching rate). Let’s […]
