Listen to the Press Call Recording

A new Georgetown University report with state-by-state data finds the child uninsured rate improved in 2022 due in large part to the federal Medicaid continuous coverage protection. This federal requirement ended in April and state Medicaid agencies started the unprecedented task of redetermining eligibility for all Medicaid enrollees, leading to large net declines in Medicaid enrollment including more than two million children and counting. The vast majority of children losing Medicaid coverage during the unwinding are still eligible, according to federal estimates.

Join the report authors, a state health policy expert and a representative of the American Academy of Pediatrics for a press call to discuss the report and the impact of the unwinding on children.

When: November 15, 2023 at 11:30 a.m. ET (10:30 CT/9:30 MT/8:30 PT)

Dial-in Number: 800-245-3047 (Conference ID: CCF) 

View the Press Release

Read the Report (PDF)

Meet our Speakers:

• Joan Alker is the co-founder and executive director of the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families and a Research Professor at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy. She is a nationally recognized expert on Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and is the lead author of CCF’s annual report on children’s health care coverage trends.
• Aubrianna Osario is the Research Manager at the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families (CCF). Her current work focuses on tracking recent research and analyzing national and state-level data to understand trends in children’s health insurance coverage, health disparities, quality of care, and maternal and perinatal health. Her data work focuses primarily on the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, CMS Medicaid enrollment data, and the Child Core Set.
• Stacey Pogue is a senior policy analyst at Every Texan where she focuses on health policy issues. Before coming to Every Texan, she did health policy research with the Medicaid and CHIP Division of the Health and Human Services Commission and the Texas Department of Insurance. In 2010 and 2011, she was selected to serve as a funded Consumer Representative to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).
• Valerie Borum Smith, MD, MPH, FAAP, is a pediatrician in Tyler, Texas, who treats a large number of patients enrolled in Medicaid. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Federal Government Affairs and is President-elect of the Texas Pediatric Society.