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Allexa Gardner

is a Senior Research Associate at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy’s Center for Children and Families.

Allie Gardner is a Senior 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’s McCourt School and a BS in Economics from the University of Alabama specializing in Public Policy and Law. Allie served as CCF’s Graduate Research Intern prior to her becoming a Research Associate. Before joining CCF, 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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First Batch of CMS Unwinding Data Includes Key Call Center Statistics

Last Friday, CMS released the first round of long-anticipated Medicaid unwinding data. The main focus has been on the renewal outcome data submitted in state monthly reports, which unfortunately was only available for the 18 states who began terminating coverage as of March 31 or in April 2023 due to a lengthy lag – and […]

Expanding Options to Identify Renewal Dates Could Help Minimize Procedural Disenrollments

We’re only four months into the Medicaid unwinding and the scale of coverage loss for procedural reasons is already staggering. An estimated 1.6 million individuals have lost coverage, with 71 percent terminated for procedural reasons. Stories are trickling in about why these procedural disenrollments may be occurring, including families not getting notices in the mail. […]

An Analysis of Georgia’s Section 1115 Medicaid Pathways to Coverage Program

Download Full Report In July 2023, Georgia will begin enrollment into its new Medicaid Pathways to Coverage (“Pathways”) program, with coverage expected to begin in September 2023. The program would offer coverage to a subset of low-income adults who meet a work reporting requirement and, depending on their income, pay a monthly premium. Georgia will […]

Unpacking Unwinding Data: What’s with All the Different Numbers?

As of June 1st, most states have started terminating Medicaid coverage for children, low-income families, and others for non-eligibility, procedural reasons.  We are trying to get our hands on as much data as we can to get a sense of the outcomes of Medicaid renewals and what the unwinding process looks like across states. Transparency […]