Ryan Lee is a health policy intern at the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families (CCF), where he works primarily on projects concerning Section 1115 waivers. Prior to joining CCF, Ryan worked to advance equitable COVID-19 vaccine policies as an intern in Public Citizen’s Access to Medicines group. Ryan graduated from Georgetown University with a degree in Biology and Government. He is also an incoming J.D. candidate at the Georgetown University Law Center.
Waiver authorities granted through Section 1115 demonstrations are meant to be experiments that serve the objectives of the Medicaid program—namely, promoting access to health coverage. But what exactly does this look like? In some very welcome news, there has been a recent uptick in the number of states requesting to expand continuous eligibility through Section […]
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 […]
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. […]