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Medicaid expansion is right for Wyoming, women
Jackson Hole News & Guide The Wyoming State Legislature convenes on Monday. This is the place where I remind readers that Wyoming’s Senate has just six women out of 30 senators and the House only eight women out of 60 representatives. The 12 men (and zero women) on the Joint Appropriations Committee who determine the…
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After shunning Medicaid expansion, Florida Republicans see the political power of tackling health care
The Florida Times Union With GOP trying to live up to the president’s health care promise, Florida lawmakers aren’t necessarily embracing an expansion of Medicaid. Backed by a scorched earth attack on Big Pharma and the “health care industrial complex,” House Speaker Jose Oliva is promoting wide-ranging changes to the state’s medical landscape that may…
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Here’s what could help save more black infants’ lives. But NC isn’t doing it.
News and Observer Deaths of African-American babies declined most quickly in states that expanded Medicaid coverage, researchers have found. North Carolina isn’t one of those states. … Joan Alker, executive director of the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University, said the conclusions about insurance improving infant health make sense. As it stands in…
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Medicaid block grants would allow states not to cover some drugs
Modern Healthcare Medicaid block grant guidance unveiled on Thursday would allow states to exclude some prescription drugs from their formularies, though the CMS in 2018 denied Massachusetts’ request to employ a similar strategy. … Edwin Park, a research professor at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy, said he views the potential optional expansion…
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Opinion: More Kentucky children lack health insurance, but things could be changing
Courier Journal After years of progress in getting kids covered, the nation now has more than 1 million uninsured young children, a significant increase of 114,000 from 2016 to 2018, according to an analysis by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families. Kentucky is among the 11 states where both the number and rate…
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Pursuing Medicaid coverage at birth, Casey launches ‘Marshall Plan’ of policies for America’s children
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sen. Bob Casey plans to propose the most sweeping expansions of children’s health care, education and school meal programs in recent memory, launching a messaging campaign in Harrisburg on Friday that he will take across Pennsylvania in 2020. Among the central tenets of the plan, which was provided to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, is…
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Covering All Kids: A Vision for the Future
Once a source of national pride and a testament to the power of bipartisan cooperation, our children’s health coverage has now eroded – the number of uninsured children is going up after years of decline. It is time for policymakers at the state and federal level of both parties to rededicate themselves to covering all…
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Covering All Kids
Ninth in a series of papers from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families on the future of children’s health coverage. Introduction The nation made remarkable progress in reducing the rate of uninsured children, following decades of coverage expansions and policy changes that made it easier for children and their families to get and…
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Strong Opposition Emerges to Damaging Medicaid State Financing and Supplemental Payment Rule
As our CCF public comments and my Health Affairs blog post explain, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed “Fiscal Accountability” rule threatens to significantly alter how states finance their share of the cost of Medicaid programs and how states provide supplemental payments to hospitals, nursing homes, physicians and other health care providers.…
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SSA Launches A Stealth Assault on Medicaid Coverage for Children and Parents with Disabilities
As readers of Say Ahhh! know, children’s enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP is declining, and the number of uninsured children is increasing. There are a number of factors at play, including a “see-no-disenrollment, hear-no-disenrollment” posture from CMS Administrator Seema Verma. The Administrator is doubling down with an eligibility rule now under review at the Office…
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The Trump Administration Is Coming For Medicaid Again
Huffington Post By; Jonathan Cohn The Trump administration is back with a new initiative that could make it harder for some low-income Americans to get health care. … But if some state officials try, as several conservative ones seem inclined to do, and if the courts allow it, as perhaps some conservative judges will decide…
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Trump Administration Clears The Way For Medicaid Block Grants
NPR By: Selena Simmons-Duffin The Trump administration wants to dramatically alter the way the federal government gives money to states for Medicaid. … Critics responded quickly to Thursday’s announcement. Eagan Kemp, health care policy advocate with the liberal advocacy group Public Citizen, called the program “a Medicaid block grant by another name.” Edwin Park of…
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Trump vs. Medicaid
Axios By: Sam Baker It may not get the most attention, but Medicaid is the prime target of the Trump administration’s health care agenda. … All of this amounts to a “fundamental rewrite of the essence of the Medicaid program,” said Joan Alker, a Medicaid expert at Georgetown University and a critic of Trump’s proposals.…
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Comments on Rules Regarding the Frequency and Notice of Continuing Disability Reviews
The Georgetown University Center for Children and Families submitted the following comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on SSA Docket No. SSA-2018-0026, “Rules Regarding the Frequency and Notice of Continuing Disability Reviews.” CCF Final SSI NPRM Comments 1.31.20
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Fighting Fear with Facts: Here’s What the Supreme Court Ruling on Public Charge Injunction Means for Immigrant Families
Editor’s Note: On September 9, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a final rule called Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility that will restore longstanding public charge policy effective December 23, 2022. Learn more in our factsheet. Earlier this week the Supreme Court issued a ruling to allow the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to implement…
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Medicaid Work Requirements and Beyond: CMS Administrator Tries a New Work-Around
For the past 3 years, CMS Administrator Seema Verma has been on a crusade to convert Medicaid from health insurance to a welfare program. The spear at the point of this attack has been work requirements, which, under the guise of “demonstrations,” she has sought to impose as a condition of eligibility for Medicaid coverage. …
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Leading Children’s Health Groups Oppose New Federal Guidance on Medicaid
Block grants and per capita caps would cause parents to lose coverage and put children and families’ health at risk The American Academy of Pediatrics, Children’s Defense Fund, Children’s Hospital Association, Family Voices, First Focus on Children, Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, March of Dimes and National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners issue…
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Statement by Joan Alker on Medicaid Block Grant/Per Capita Cap Guidance
Following is a statement by Georgetown University Center for Children and Families Executive Director Joan Alker regarding the Trump Administration’s Medicaid block grant/per capita cap guidance announcement: “The misguided, unlawful guidance issued by CMS today encourages states to gamble with the health and well-being of their residents and their budgets by trading in their guarantee…
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Georgia House Study Committee Recommendations Call for Medicaid Extension, Workforce Development to Support Infant and Toddler Social Emotional Health
Georgia, like most states, is facing a growing need for social and emotional health support for young children and families. During the past year, in response to concerns about prevention and early identification of mental health problems in children and adolescents in Georgia, a study committee comprised of five members of the state’s House of…
