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Archived Webinar: Helping State Medicaid Programs Better Address Rising Drug Costs
This webinar reviews overall drug pricing trends, current beneficiary access protections, effectiveness of Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, and state strategies to address rising Medicaid prescription drug costs while maintaining access to needed drugs.
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Expanding Medicaid saves parents, children
The Grand Island Independent By: John J. Vann As a pediatrician, I work every day to ensure children receive the care they need to have the best chance at a healthy life. I also know that children are more likely to be healthy if their parents have access to health coverage. Nebraska can take an…
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What happens if Idaho expands Medicaid? Experts can’t be sure. Here are their guesses
Idaho Statesman By: Devon Downey, Melissa Davlin, and Audrey Dutton A consulting firm examining how much Medicaid expansion would cost Idaho significantly revised its analysis over the course of six drafts in a one-month span this year, from June 15 to July 19. The Milliman firm swung between an estimated 10-year cost of $105 million,…
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In Medicaid expansion, small Idaho hospitals see a potential lifeline
Idaho Statesman By: Audrey Dutton and Melissa Davlin Idaho’s small-town hospitals have their own reason to back Medicaid expansion: In some cases, it may keep their doors open. After years of stalled debate in the Idaho Legislature, expansion will go to a statewide public vote Nov. 6. Among other arguments, proponents have urged Idahoans to…
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Medicaid expansion and the fate of Obamacare are at the heart of the heated Georgia gubernatorial race
CNBC By: Emma Newburger A national battle over whether to extend public health insurance to low-income adults is at the center of a tightly contested gubernatorial race in Georgia, where hospitals and drug stores are closing across the Republican-controlled state’s rural southern and western counties. Georgia is one of eight states that opted not to…
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Events Promote Health Care for Utah’s Latino Communities
Public News Service By: Katherine Davis-Young Cities in Utah and nationwide this month are promoting health care in Latin American communities. The American health-care system is complicated and can seem even more so for people new to the country or who don’t speak English. Yehemy Zavala Orosco, preventive-health manager for Comunidades Unidas, said the Latin…
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Got Education Metrics? City Health Dashboard Supports Data-Driven Decision-Making for Student Health and Success
Maximizing the educational experience and success of every child in America must be a priority to create healthier, more equitable communities. But how can community leaders make sense of the plethora of data that exists in order to make sound decisions that promote healthy child and adolescent development? Fortunately, a new resource, the City Health…
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What Medicaid Can Do for Our Nation’s Youngest Children
The science is clear: We have a critical opportunity to reach young children during a period of rapid development, with the brain forming one million new neural connections every second. These earliest years are full of possibilities equally as powerful as the vulnerabilities that greatly influence children’s lifelong trajectories. Anyone who’s had the pleasure of chatting…
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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…
