Andy Schneider

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Andy Schneider

Andy Schneider is a Research Professor of the Practice at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy. Schneider has over 40 years of experience with the Medicaid program as a Congressional staffer, Executive Branch employee, private consultant, and public interest attorney. Most recently, he served under the Obama Administration as a Senior Advisor at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), where he focused on program integrity issues in Medicaid. He joined the Center for Children and Families in March of 2017. Andy has written extensively on Medicaid issues and led the development of the Medicaid Resource Book (2002) for the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. He is a graduate of Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Please contact Cathy Hope (catherine.hope@georgetown.edu) with media queries or to set up an interview with Andy.

Latest From Andy

Evaluating the Administration’s Narrative on Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements

It turns out that last week was Never Mind Week.  Who would have guessed? On Monday the Administration released its “Budget for a Better America,” proposing to cut federal Medicaid spending by nearly $1.5 trillion (with a “t”) over the next ten years.  These cuts included a mandate that state Medicaid programs require that “able-bodied, […]

Administration’s Budget Proposal Includes $1.5 Trillion in Medicaid Cuts

Here they go again.  Last year, the Administration proposed a budget that would have cut federal Medicaid spending by $1.4 trillion over ten years.  In the budget released this morning, the Administration proposes to cut federal Medicaid spending by $1.5 trillion over the next ten years.  In both cases, most of the cuts would come […]

Medicaid and State Budgets: Checking the Facts (Yet Again)

It’s that time of year again.  Estimators publish their projections of Medicaid spending, journalists report on the projections, and policymakers decide whether and how they want to act.  Medicaid covers up to 35 million low-income children, so getting these projections right, and explaining them correctly, is hugely important for public understanding of the program.  Unfortunately, […]