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Promoting Young Children’s Healthy Development in Medicaid and CHIP
Summary A child’s brain develops most rapidly in the earliest years of life, building the foundation for learning, behavior and health. Medicaid—as the primary source of health coverage for young, low-income children— is a logical system to reach families with young children and set them on a path of healthy physical, social, and emotional development.…
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Arkansas Numbers Tell the Story: Trump’s Medicaid Work Requirement Policy Promotes Coverage Losses not Work
Like many folks who work on Medicaid policy, we’ve been paying close attention to what is happening in Arkansas – the first state in the country to implement a work activities reporting requirement in Medicaid.[1] Earlier this week, the second round of data was released by the state documenting that another 4,109 Medicaid beneficiaries lost…
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Proposed “Public Charge” Rule Risks Immigrants’ Access to Private Coverage, Too
On October 10, the Trump administration published a proposed rule that significantly harms immigrant families, in part by dramatically reducing their access to health coverage and care. As our Center for Children & Families (CCF) colleague Kelly Whitener has documented on our sister blog (CCF’s Say Ahhh!), the so-called “Public Charge” rule would make it far more difficult…
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The Trump Administration’s Association Health Plans Emerge: What Early Announcements Tell Us About this New Market
This past summer, the Department of Labor (DOL) finalized a regulation calling for the expansion of association health plans (AHPs) for small businesses and self-employed individuals. AHPs are insurance policies offered through an association, often to members within a specific trade, industry, or profession. Among other changes, DOL’s rule loosened the requirements under which a group of employers…
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Rural Communities Lack Progress in Reducing Rate of Uninsured – Report
Missouri News Service By: Stephanie Carson Missourians in the rural parts of the state have a harder time accessing health care, compared to some neighboring states, according to a report released this week by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families. The analysis shows that states that expanded Medicaid saw more than three times…
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How Medicaid expansion has candidates divided on health care
The Gainesville Times By: Joshua Silavent The debate over whether to expand Medicaid to more low-income individuals and families in Georgia has gained new life this election year as health care is once again a focal point in races for governor and congress. And a new study from Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families…
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What did California’s novel approach to funding early-childhood programs achieve?
Education Dive By: Linda Jacobson Filmmaker Rob Reiner spent this summer plugging his new movie “Shock and Awe” on late-night talk shows and frequently tweeting his expressions of disgust for the man who currently occupies the White House. But 20 years ago, Reiner was campaigning for a different cause — passage of Proposition 10 on California’s general…
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Health coverage expert to speak in Rockledge
Hometown News By: Jamie Desena-McFarland A timely lecture at the Space Coast Health Foundation’s Center for Collaboration will address health insurance in Florida, with a focus on children and families. Though it’s been in the works for about a year, the event comes just about a month after the U.S. Census Bureau issued a report…
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Administration Moves Forward with Proposed Public Charge Regulation; Comments Due in December
As we have long suspected, the Administration is moving forward with a proposed regulation to dramatically change our immigration system and significantly harm immigrant families. The Department of Homeland Security posted a draft version of the rule about two weeks ago, and just this morning the rule was finally posted for inspection in the Federal…
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Texas high in uninsured rural, low-income health coverage
The Huntsville Item By: John Austin Texas scores well in a lot of rankings, but the number of rural and small-town residents with health coverage isn’t one of them. More than one third — 36 percent — of rural/small-town Texans lack health insurance, versus 29 percent of metro residents. … Of those, Texas is No.…
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New Reports Show Medicaid Expansion Was Crucial for Coloradans, Who Widely Support The Program
Colorado Times Recorder By: Madeleine Schmidt Two recently released studies show that expanding Medicaid, the government health insurance program for low-income people, had a bigger impact on Colorado than any other state, and that voters in the state widely support the program. Since Colorado expanded its Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2009,…
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Uninsured adults in Kentucky had a lot to gain from Medicaid expansion, study says
WCPO Cincinnati By: Paola Suro Medicaid expansion dramatically changed the outlook for low-income, uninsured people in Kentucky, according to a new study on the role of Medicaid expansion. The study points to a “striking” reduction in the rate of uninsured adults living in small towns and rural counties. The Georgetown University Health Policy Institute Center…
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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…
