2017
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First Steps: A Spotlight on Health and Developmental Screenings for Young Texans
By Adriana Kohler and Rebecca Hornbach, Texans Care for Children Every family looks forward to their child’s first smile, first step, and first words. Routine well-child visits and developmental screenings allow doctors and families to monitor a child’s health and development and celebrate these kinds of milestones. Ongoing screenings for young children also help identify…
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Medicaid And CHIP Help Address Racial/Ethnic Disparities In Children’s Health
Medicaid and CHIP are primary sources of health coverage for all children. These programs play a particularly important role for children of color, who are disproportionately represented among beneficiaries because they are more likely to be economically disadvantaged (see figure below). CCF’s new fact sheet unpacks child population and Medicaid/CHIP data by state. We know…
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Snapshot of Children’s Coverage by Race and Ethnicity
Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) are primary sources of health coverage for children. These programs are particularly important to children of color, who are disproportionately represented among beneficiaries because they are more likely to be economically disadvantaged. (View our 2018 snapshot of children’s coverage by race and ethnicity.)
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Medicaid Waivers: A Matter of Flawed Flexibility?
MedPage Today By: Shannon Firth The GOP Congress was not able to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, and states such as Kentucky, Arizona, Arkansas, and Maine, have decided to continue with their waiver proposals to change their Medicaid programs in their states. However, it is still not certain if these changes will aid or…
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CHIP Offers Families With Seriously Ill Kids More Financial Protection Than ACA Plans
Kaiser Health News By: Michelle Andrews Children that have chronic health conditions are the most prone to health insurances changes, especially since they have to rely on so many medications and different doctors, which affects not only the children’s health but also their families financial status. … Since passage of the Affordable Care Act in…
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New Maps Display Medicaid/CHIP Enrollment by Congressional District
We have a new interactive map feature on our website and are excited to share with you the first maps we have created with our new tool. The maps visually display how Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) are helping to meet the needs of children and families across the country. You can…
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Resources for Association of Health Care Journalists Conference 2017
Where to Find State-by-State Medicaid Information Federal Government Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) State Medicaid and CHIP Profiles, https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/by-state/by-state.html Managed Care State Profiles, https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/managed-care/state-profiles/index.html Section 1115 Demonstration Waivers, https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/section-1115-demo/demonstration-and-waiver-list/waivers_faceted.html Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) MACStats: Medicaid and CHIP Data Book (December 2016), https://www.macpac.gov/macstats/ Data Book: Beneficiaries Dually Eligible for Medicare…
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New Efforts to Cut Medicaid and Repeal ACA Emerging in Congress
There are non-alternative reports that the White House and the Republican Congressional leadership are planning for a vote next week on legislation to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Details as to what that legislation actually says are not yet available, but it’s likely that it will contain a cap on federal Medicaid…
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Louisiana Medicaid Director Ruth Kennedy Retires After Successful Career Helping Children and Families
Medicaid Director Ruth Kennedy recently retired from the Louisiana Department of Health. She began her Medicaid career working in a field eligibility office about 40 years ago. Kennedy is well known for her tenacity and dedication to improving the lives of children and families in Louisiana. She successfully connected children with Medicaid and LaCHIP coverage…
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INTERACTIVE MAPS: Children Covered by Medicaid and CHIP by county, state or congressional district.
These maps show how many children are covered by Medicaid in each county and congressional district. Visit these links to view the maps, and to download handouts on your state’s coverage data: Percent of Children Covered by Medicaid/CHIP (congressional district) Percent of Children Covered by Medicaid/CHIP (county) Visit CCF’s State Resource Center for state-level data on health…
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Pediatricians’ Concerns Addressed At Gathering Of AAP Leaders
AAP News At the AAP Annual Leadership Forum, the main issues discussed were immigrant child health, access to care, and diversity and inclusion. There, most of the resolutions proposed were selected to be solved urgently. Especially, the most important one is that they educate pediatricians on the process of creating partnership between pediatricians and lawyers…
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CCF-AAP State Snapshots Data Sources
Below is an updated description of sources used for data reported on the State and National Snapshots provided by Georgetown University Center for Children and Families (CCF) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). All snapshots are available here. Children’s Uninsurance Rates (2008-2015) and Sources of Children’s Coverage (2015) Georgetown CCF analysis of single-year estimates…
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Kids With Hepatitis C Get New Drugs And Coverage May Prove Easier Than For Adults
Kaiser Health News By: Michelle Andrews Children now have a better cure to treat hepatitis C, thanks to a newly approved drugs to treat opioid epidemics. This means that children will probably have a better chance in treatment than adults themselves, especially thanks to Medicaid guidelines available for children. … State Medicaid programs have leeway…
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Why (Even Red) States Are Expanding Medicaid And What That Means For Health Systems
Healthcare Dive By: Shannon Muchmore Many states have expanded Medicaid, because data has shown that expanding Medicaid coverage will decrease federal matching funds in the next year. Thus, that money, as Adam Searing from CCF mentioned, is motivating many to see how important and effective Medicaid programs are, and their benefits in the long-run. ……
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Verma Recuses Self From Indiana, Iowa Waiver Talks
Modern Healthcare By: Virgil Dickson The CMS administrator, Seema Verma, will not get involved in Medicaid expansion waivers from Indiana nor Iowa, because before being the CMS administrator, she was an industry consultant and advised these states on Medicaid programs decisions. … Joan Alker, a Medicaid expert at Georgetown University, said Verma made the right…
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Georgetown’s Alker: House Medicaid Plan ‘Worst I’ve Seen’
WUSF News By: Lynn Hatter The Florida House has developed a Medicaid plan that includes co-pays and work requirements, because Florida is spending 1/3 of their $82 billion budget on Medicaid, and they want to reduce that spending. … “This bill…is one of the worst pieces of legislation I’ve seen in a long time,” she…
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Medicaid & CHIP are Long-Term Investments in Children’s Health and Future Success
As readers of Say Ahhh! know, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provide health coverage to more than one-third of the children in the United States and the vast majority of these children are covered through Medicaid. Our new report, Medicaid is a Smart Investment in Children, reviews the research on the long-term…
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Florida Lawmakers Want To Require Medicaid Enrollees To Work
Vox By: Dylan Scott The new administration is allowing states, such as Florida, to put restrictions on their Medicaid programs. Florida for instance is requiring most Medicaid recipients to pay $10 or $15 per month, depending on their income, and to prove that they are employed, searching for jobs or in job training, because Rep.…
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Kids and State Budgets Need the Stability and Predictably of CHIP During an Uncertain Time
As we watch the latest stalled efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and gut Medicaid, we couldn’t help but think about what’s in store for another key health program: the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). With no new funding available to states after September 30, 2017 (the end of the federal fiscal year),…
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What Should Congress Do to Extend CHIP?
In February I wrote a blog entitled “Congress Must Act Quickly on CHIP” in which I expressed concern that Congress would not act quickly to extend funding for this vital and popular program. Now, almost two months later there has been no noticeable Congressional movement and virtually no discussion about the Children’s Health Insurance Program…
