Allie Gardner

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Allie Gardner is a 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 current role. 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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State seeks to become the first to provide continuous coverage to all children enrolled in Medicaid until age six while continuing to restrict children’s access to health care by continuing to deny them the EPSDT benefit package provided to children in all other states.   After months of engaging stakeholders, Oregon has posted its draft […]

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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

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