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Allie Corcoran

Alexandra Corcoran is a Research Associate at the Georgetown Center for Children and Families. Prior to joining CCF in a full-time capacity, Alexandra interned with the Center for two consecutive summers and developed an interest in Medicaid 1115 waivers, enrollment procedures, and administrative burden. Alexandra earned her MA in Philosophy and Public Affairs on a Fulbright Scholarship at University College Dublin. She graduated from Haverford College with a degree in Political Science and Spanish. Her thesis, entitled, “Mobilizing Medicaid: Understanding Advocacy Group Action at the State Level,” focused on how and when advocacy organizations and legal aid groups organize beneficiaries in response to administrative retrenchment of Medicaid benefits. It received the Herman H. Somers Prize in Political Science.

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“Improper Payment” Rates for 2020: Another Year, Another Attempt to Tarnish the Popular Medicaid Program

$100 billion—with a “b”—is a large number. So when the headline on the op-ed in the New York Post screams “Medicaid hemorrhaging $100B on Americans ineligible for the program” most readers will understandably frown and think: “This doesn’t sound good, even in a pandemic. What’s going on here?” The author, Brian Blase, is not a […]

Comments on Proposed SUNSET Rule

Georgetown University Center for Children and Families submitted the following comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on the proposed SUNSET rule. CCF Comments SUNSET NPRM

Medicaid Expansion Increased Preventive Care for Pregnant and Postpartum Women, New Study Finds

Medicaid expansion increased the use of key preventive health services by women before and after pregnancy, a new study published in Health Affairs found. The findings add to the evidence that expanding Medicaid coverage to all low-income adults does translate into more utilization of preventive care that can improve the health and wellbeing of women […]

New Report Explains How Medicaid Expansion is Key to Ending HIV Epidemic in USA

As we live through the COVID-19 pandemic, our other challenging health problems haven’t gone away. In recognition of World AIDS Day and in honor of all those whose lives have been affected by HIV/AIDS, I would like to focus attention on public policy options that could help finally eliminate HIV in the United States. Long […]

HIV and Medicaid Expansion: Failure of Southern States to Expand Medicaid Makes Elimination of HIV Infection in the United States Much Harder to Achieve

By Adam Searing, JD, MPH and Adaora A. Adimora, MD, MPH Introduction Advances in public health programs and medical treatment mean HIV can be treated successfully in the long term, improving the health of individuals and reducing the spread of the virus. While the federal government has multiple initiatives aimed at addressing and eventually eliminating […]

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