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Gehrke: Rural Utahns stand to gain the most if voters pass Prop 3 to expand Medicaid
The Salt Lake Tribune By: Robert Gehrke … For thousands of rural Utahns without health insurance, health care is out of reach or is put off until it becomes a dire threat. Thirty-one percent of adults in rural counties do not have access to insurance, whether it’s because of high unemployment, or they are self-employed,…
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Rural Utah Could See Biggest Gains Under Medicaid Expansion
Public News Serice By: Katherine Davis-Young The rate of people without health insurance in rural Utah communities is far higher than the rate in cities, but a recent report suggests that expanding Medicaid would change that. According to the report, Utah’s urban-rural uninsured gap is among the widest in the country; 31 percent of rural Utahns…
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Texas, Oklahoma Have Higher Rates Of Uninsured Rural Adults
High Plains Public Radio By: Angie Haflich Texas and Oklahoma were among non-Medicaid expansion states with the highest rates of uninsured adults, especially those living in rural areas. … According to a study released Tuesday from Georgetown University and the University of North Carolina, of non-elderly uninsured adults, the rates of those living in rural…
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Uninsured Rate Plunged in Rural MI After Medicaid Expansion
Public News Service By: Suzanne Potter The uninsured rate for low-income adults has plunged 22 points in rural areas of Michigan since the state expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act – dropping from 38 percent to 16 percent, according to a new report. Researchers at Georgetown University and the University of North Carolina found…
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Medicaid experts bash Verma’s priorities
Politico Pulse Newsletter By: Dan Diamond “Despite thousands losing coverage in Arkansas for no good reason, and with more coverage losses to come, Administrator Verma doubled down today on the Trump Administration’s radical, ineffective, and mean-spirited Medicaid policy,” Georgetown’s Joan Alker told PULSE. Alker earlier on Thursday offered a point-by-point rebuttal to Verma’s speech. ……
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Urban Institute Updates Uninsurance and Medicaid/CHIP Participation Data for Children and Parents
Several weeks ago, I blogged about a Health Affairs article by Urban Institute researchers that updated the Medicaid and CHIP participation rates for children and parents. Over time, an increasing share of eligible children without other coverage have been enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP, reaching a high of 93.7 percent in 2016, up from 88.7…
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New Podcast Spotlights Barriers to Health Care for Georgia’s Children
Voices for Georgia’s Children has launched an inaugural podcast series — Challenges for Children – focused on barriers to health care for children. In April 2018, the Voices for Georgia’s Children team set out to find out why so many of their state’s children were being left behind. Team members traveled to Whitfield, Dougherty, Effingham,…
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Developmental Screening Rates Improving for Most States Reporting Child Core Set Measure
We were thrilled to see release of the latest Child Core Set measures late last week. Say Ahhh! readers know we are closely following this state-reported data as a means to measure quality of care for children—especially since states will be required to report all Child Core Set measures starting in 2024, thanks to the…
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New Recommendations for the Child Core Set of Quality Measures in Medicaid and CHIP
Recently, the National Quality Forum (NQF) released its annual report on opportunities to strengthen the child core set of quality measures in Medicaid and CHIP. The initial core set was released in 2010 and its underlying legislative mandate requires CMS to update the core set annually. NQF partners with CMS and a multi-stakeholder Medicaid workgroup…
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2017 Child Core Set of Health Care Quality Indicators in Medicaid and CHIP Released
The results of state reporting on the 2017 Child Core Set of Health Care Quality Measures in Medicaid and CHIP have been released by CMS. The 2017 Child Core Set includes 27 measures that assess key aspects of health care access for children and pregnant women. While reporting on last year’s core set seems timely,…
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Children Struggle to Access Autism Treatment
By Julie Kornack, Center for Autism and Related Disorders With a prevalence of 1 in every 59 children, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has become increasingly commonplace. In turn, the growing autism advocacy community has been extraordinarily effective in engendering the political will to enact laws intended to ensure that individuals with ASD have access…
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The Health 202: Rural Trump voters hurt most when states don’t expand Medicaid
Washington Post By: Colby Itkowitz Rural, low-income voters who helped propel President Trump to victory in 2016 are less likely to have health insurance than the urban poor in states that didn’t expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. A new study compared uninsured rates from 2008-2009 and 2015-2016 by the the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families and…
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While We Await Official Notice of Proposed Public Rules Changes, Here are Our Thoughts on Latest Version
On Saturday, September 22, the Department of Homeland Security posted an unofficial proposed regulation that would dramatically alter immigration law by broadening the definition of public charge and significantly harming immigrant families. Earlier this year, two related drafts were leaked to the press. Researchers documented the immediate, adverse impact on immigrant families and communities and…
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Wyo. Uninsured Rates High Compared to Medicaid Expansion States
Public News Service By: Eric Galatas States that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act saw uninsured rates for low-income adults drop over three times more than states, including Wyoming, that have not expanded coverage, according to a new report from Georgetown University. Study co-author Joan Alker, executive director of the Georgetown University Center for…
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Iowa’s Medicaid Expansion Benefits Small Town, Rural Residents
Public News Service By: Roz Brown Since Iowa expanded its Medicaid program in 2013, more low-income rural residents are covered by health insurance. A new report from Georgetown University shows that coverage gaps in states where Medicaid was expanded are much smaller than in states that did not expand. Anne Discher, executive director of the…
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Report: Florida Saddled with Nation’s Highest Uninsured Rates
Public News Service By: Trimmel Gomes Florida isn’t one of the 33 states that expanded its Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act, but if it had, more rural, low-income residents would have health insurance. A new report from Georgetown University shows big coverage gaps in states without expanded Medicaid. … The report shows the…
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Uninsured Numbers Drop in Rural MN with Medicaid Expansion
Public News Service By: Roz Brown Since Minnesota expanded its Medicaid program in 2013, the number of people uninsured in the state’s rural areas has been cut nearly in half. A new report from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families examines how states are doing, whether or not they opted to expand Medicaid,…
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Research Confirms Medicaid Expansion Huge Boost for Rural WV
Public News Service By: Dan Heyman A new report says expanding Medicaid is really paying off for rural West Virginians. … It found expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act has cut the rate of low-income, rural West Virginia adults without health coverage by 60 percent. … Study co-author Joan Alker, executive director of the…
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Illinois Reaping Benefits of Medicaid Expansion
Public News Service By: Mary Kuhlman New research illustrates the significant impact Medicaid expansion is having in Illinois, especially in rural areas. According to the findings, among states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, uninsured rates for low-income adults living in rural areas and small towns fell more than three times more than…
