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HHS Announces Changes to Recommended Vaccine Schedule for Children
Vaccines and immunizations are safe, effective ways to prevent serious illness by teaching the body’s immune system to recognize and defend against harmful germs. For children and adolescents, vaccines are typically given according to the child and adolescent immunization schedule. The schedule shows which vaccines are recommended by age and offers guidance on intervals for…
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The Supreme Court’s Gambit to Take Away Health Care Rights (And More Bad News for Medicaid)
In November of 2022, Medicaid legal and policy experts sat on edge as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case called Talevski, which threatened to do great damage to Medicaid rights. There was a collective sigh of relief when the Court ultimately ruled to uphold Medicaid rights in the case. But most of…
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Children and Youth with Significant Behavioral Health Needs Will Benefit from New Legal Settlements by States Committing to Provide Intensive Home and Community Based Services
Children and youth with serious behavioral health conditions are too often placed in psychiatric residential treatment facilities and psychiatric hospitals due to their challenging behaviors and complex needs. They are also often involved in multiple child-serving systems, such as the child welfare, juvenile justice and special education systems. Medicaid covers 4 in 10 children and…
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The Perfect Storm: How Immigration and Medicaid Policy Changes Are Exacerbating a Student Mental Health Crisis
Before the current wave of immigration policy changes, America’s children were already in crisis. Youth mental health had deteriorated to the point that in 2021, the U.S. Surgeon General issued a public health advisory and the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the Children’s Hospital Association took the…
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Proposed Public Charge Rule Could Increase the Number of Uninsured Children by More than 25 Percent
Georgetown CCF just submitted our comments on the Trump Administration’s proposed rule to lift current rules used to determine whether an immigrant is likely to become a “public charge”. The proposed rule would replace carefully crafted existing regulations with almost unlimited discretion for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers to “use their judgment” to determine…