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Nancy Kaneb

is a Policy Associate at the Georgetown Center for Children and Families.

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Nancy Kaneb is a Policy Associate at the Georgetown Center for Children and Families.  Nancy has a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Santa Clara University, where she also completed a minor in Ethnic Studies and emphasis in International Relations. She has previous experience interning for non-profits. Most recently, she worked as a Case Management Intern for Catholic Charities of Boston’s Refugee and Immigrant Services.

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  • Is Your State Leaving Money on the Table? How CHIP Health Service Initiatives Can Help States Support Children’s Access to Care

    At a time when states are facing growing fiscal pressures and increasing strain on health systems, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Health Services Initiatives (HSIs) represent an often overlooked source of federal funding offering flexible financing to support outreach and targeted health initiatives to improve children’s health. This source of federally-matched funding becomes increasingly…

  • Maternal and Infant Health in State Rural Health Transformation Proposals Set Promising Priorities in an Uncertain Landscape

    All 50 states applied for CMS’ Rural Health Transformation (RHT) program, a $50 billion fund borne from a need to reassure members of Congress during the final debate over H.R. 1 that Medicaid cuts would not decimate their states’ rural health systems. As previous blogs have detailed, the RHT program presents a unique opportunity for…

  • Medicaid Managed Care:  The Big Five in Q4 2025

    The Q4 2025 results for the “Big Five” Medicaid managed care companies are now available.  These publicly-held companies—Centene, CVSHealth/Aetna, Elevance, Molina, and UnitedHealth Group—together control about half of the Medicaid managed care market, so their performance matters to tens of millions of Medicaid beneficiaries. (The results for prior quarters in 2025 are here, here, and…

  • Medicaid Managed Care in 2025: The Year That Was

    The lead story of 2025 is the enactment of H.R. 1, which will dramatically alter the Medicaid coverage and financing landscape over at least the next three years.  The primary target of the law’s Medicaid cuts were the 41 states (including DC) that have elected to cover the expansion adults; of these, 34 contract with…

  • Medicaid Managed Care: The Big Five in Q3 2025

    Q3 2025 is the first quarter of a new chapter in the Medicaid managed care narrative.  At the beginning of the quarter, H.R. 1 was enacted.  As explained by our colleagues Edwin Park and Sabrina Corlette, the new law will upend Medicaid enrollment and financing for years to come, cutting federal payments to states by…