2017
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TANF, CCDBG Demonstrate That Block Grants And Per Capita Caps Won’t Work For Medicaid
By Suzanne Wikle and Jessica Gehr of CLASP Congress is reportedly again considering proposals to change the fundamental structure of Medicaid, including by turning it into a block grant program or providing fixed allotments per recipient (“per capita caps”). Such proposals have been made repeatedly over the years, but consistently rejected. However, other programs with…
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Running CMS: What it’s Like, and What Seema Verma May Do
POLITICO Pulse Check During POLITICO’s podcast, Seema Verma’s role as the CMS health policy consultant is discussed. Then, Tom Scully and Joan Alker are interviewed, and present their opinions on the said topic. … WHAT IT’S LIKE TO RUN CMS, AND WHAT VERMA MAY DO – On POLITICO’s “Pulse Check” podcast, former CMS administrator Tom Scully walks…
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Arizona is Trying to Impose a Lifetime Cap on Medicaid Coverage
By Jesse Cross-Call, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Arizona will soon send a proposal to the federal government to place a five-year lifetime limit on Medicaid coverage for adults under 65 who don’t have a disability. The government should reject the proposed time limit, which would lead to coverage losses and increase hardship among older, low-income…
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Trump’s Pick To Lead Medicaid And Medicare Has Hazy Legacy On Insuring The Poor
McClatchy DC Bureau By: Tony Pugh Having Seema Verma as the head of the CMS program may affect the poor people’s health insurance coverage, as the prices are likely to go up. This is likely to occur since Seema Verma was involved in the HIP 2.0 program for Indiana’s Medicaid beneficiaries. … The ideologically driven…
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Trump’s Health Nominee Thinks The Poor Should Pay More For Health Care
The Huffington Post By: Jeffrey Young Seema Verma is the chosen administrator for CMS, and so, she will have to make many decisions that could end up leaving poor people having to pay more for their healthcare coverage plans. As Joan Alker, executive director of Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, mentioned, this would…
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Cutting Medicaid Would Hurt Public School’s Efforts to Improve Student Success
The School Superintendent’s Association just released a survey documenting the concerns that superintendents and other school leaders have about Congressional plans to cut Medicaid spending. CCF spoke with Sasha Pudelski, author of the report Cutting Medicaid: A Prescription to Hurt the Neediest Kids, about the impact Medicaid cuts would have on students and schools. Can…
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Ambitious House Agenda on Medicaid Could Stall in Senate
CQ Roll Call By: Joe Williams and Erin Mershon House Speaker, Paul Ryan, has supported the program to repeal the ACA, but senators are warning that the proposed plans will not pass in the upper decision-making chamber. Basically, the House is supporting the repeal of ACA, but the Senate is trying to avoid it, because…
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Affordable Care Act Repeal Efforts Would Impact State Laws, Too
By Kevin Lucia and Katie Keith, originally posted on CHIRblog With much of the attention over ACA repeal efforts focused on Washington DC, it’s easy to forget that repeal-and-replacement efforts would significantly affect state approaches to insurance regulation. This is especially true in the 32 states and D.C. that have adopted state-level ACA protections. While…
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Risky Business: Health Actuaries Assess the Individual Market and Rates
By Rachel Schwab, originally posted on CHIRblog Health reform is often a series of what-ifs. As we wade into the uncertainty of congressional action, Executive Orders, and “the greatest replacement plan ever,” consumers and insurers alike have to hedge their bets and carefully calculate the impact of a number of unknown outcomes. Unfortunately sometimes it…
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Georgetown CCF Welcomes National Medicaid Expert Andy Schneider to our Team
It is with great pleasure that I am able to share some wonderful news with SayAhhh! readers about the latest addition to our team here at Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families. For Medicaid cognoscenti, Andy Schneider needs no introduction as there are few individuals who are more integral to the development of the Medicaid…
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ACA Repeal & Medicaid Cuts Would Make it Tougher for Arkansas to Meet Education Goals
Last month, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson vowed to make third-grade reading a top priority, building on the impressive work the state has already done to bring more children into early education programs. Now the federal push to scrap the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and change the way we provide health care to families threatens to…
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How President Trump’s Pick To Head Health Agency Could Shape Republican Medicaid Reform
CNBC By: Bertha Coombs Robin Henderson would be left with nothing if it wasn’t for Medicaid’s coverage, via Health Indiana Plan (HIP 2.0). This program was designed by Seema Verma and Mike Pence, and now that President Trump has assigned Seema Verma as head of the CMS, she will be very involved with Medicaid decisions…
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The Children’s Health Insurance Program
Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families conducts research and provides recommendations on how to sustain the successful children’s coverage program and to build upon its success.
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GOP Could Look To Per-Person Funding For Medicaid Reform
Washington Examiner By: Paige Winfield Cunningham Even though Rep. Tom Price, the lead of the Department of Health and Human Services, agreed to block Medicaid grants, the Republicans will need to change Medicaid to a per-capita system that much more other Republicans support and embrace. … Medicaid advocates push back against block grants and…
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Nightly Business Report – February 6, 2017
CNBC … The Nightly Business Report expanded on whether the business world will be significant in terms of Trump’s administration decisions, especially with regards to repealing the Affordable Care Act. … JOAN ALKER, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: If you don’t pay your premium on time or you don’t get your paperwork on time, even if you go…
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CCF-AAP State Snapshots Data Sources
Below is a 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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Indiana Looks To Extend Medicaid Experiment Started Under Obamacare
Health News Florida By: Phil Galewitz Vice President Mike Pence mentioned that, in regards to the Medicaid expansion, the new administration would want to maintain it on a very conservative-style. … “Certainly I think the new administration would give the waiver a friendly reception,” said Joan Alker, executive director of the Center for Children and…
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GOP Medicaid Plan Could Mean Big Trouble For States
The News & Observer By: Tony Pugh From 2008 to 2010, 6.7 million more Americans joined Medicaid. This program did not only provide health insurance to underprivileged Americans, but it also helped afford the 15% growth. However, 7 years later, now the Republican Congress wants to stop this progress. … “All of the major block-grant…
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Uncertain Future for the Affordable Care Act Leads Insurers to Rethink Participation, Prices
By Sabrina Corlette, Kevin Lucia, Justin Giovannelli and Dania Palanker, originally posted on CHIRblog The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is facing an uncertain future, with a new President and Congress committed to its repeal. Upcoming policy debates could have a dramatic impact on the individual health insurance market, especially the ACA’s marketplaces. While millions of…
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Prior to the ACA, Where You Lived Determined How Accessible and Affordable Coverage Would Be
By Sandy Ahn, originally posted on CHIRblog Before the Affordable Care Act (ACA), what state you lived in determined how easily you could purchase a health plan, the price, and what the plan would cover in the individual market. Rules varied by state, but one common fact was that insurers could use your health status…
