Allie Gardner

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Allexa Gardner

Allie Gardner Dunakey is the Research Associate at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy’s Center for Children and Families (CCF). She has a Master’s in Public Policy from Georgetown University. Her master’s thesis, entitled “The Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Access to Care for Children in the South,” focused on the intersection of her interests in access to care and health care in rural communities. Allie earned a BS in Economics from the University of Alabama specializing in Public Policy and Law.
Before joining Center for Children and Families, she worked on domestic health policy at a state children’s hospital as well as foreign policy issues while serving in the public sector.

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Biden Administration Takes Further Action to End Barriers to Medicaid Coverage

Nearly six months ago, the Biden Administration initiated efforts to withdraw work reporting requirements in the eleven states with approved section 1115 Medicaid waivers. Now, the resolution many have been waiting for is almost entirely complete. On August 10, Ohio, South Carolina, and Utah all received letters from CMS formally withdrawing their work requirement waivers. […]

Medicaid Continuous Eligibility Linked with Better Health, More Efficient Health Care Spending

Continuous health insurance coverage produces a broad array of benefits across the health care sector for individuals, states, health plans, and providers. In particular, Medicaid continuous eligibility promotes health equity by limiting gaps in coverage for low-income children and adults who experience disproportionate rates of health disparities. Consistent access to health care, including management of […]

Continuous Coverage in Medicaid and CHIP

Executive Summary Continuous health insurance coverage produces a broad array of benefits across the health care sector for individuals, states, health plans, and providers. In particular, Medicaid continuous eligibility promotes health equity by limiting gaps in coverage for low-income children and adults who experience disproportionate rates of health disparities. Consistent access to health care, including […]

Georgia and Missouri Postpartum Medicaid Waiver Approvals Promote Limited Coverage

As Say Ahh readers know, there have been bursts of Section 1115 demonstration activity since the start of the year. April was no different, bringing another flurry of actions from CMS. This time, however, there were some new demonstration approvals that promote coverage, albeit in a more limited way than we would have liked to […]