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2026 Report on State Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility, Enrollment, and Renewal Policies Includes Special Edition on Medicaid Work Requirements
Yesterday, the annual KFF survey report was released with a webinar featuring highlights of two reports and a discussion that included Kate McEvoy, executive director of the National Association of Medicaid Directors, and was moderated by KFF’s Larry Levitt. The webinar and reports contain important information that should be of interest to policymakers, stakeholders, members…
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Rural Hospitals and Communities Feeling Impact of H.R. 1 Medicaid Cuts, Rural Health Fund Falls Short
More stories have been published across the country in recent weeks detailing how the federal cuts to health care passed last year by Congress and signed into law by President Trump in H.R. 1, “The One Big Beautiful Bill”, are affecting communities. One emerging theme is that the Rural Health Transformation Fund – a $50…
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Governors and State Medicaid Directors Get a New Assignment from Dr. Oz: Quickly Recertify “High-Risk” Providers
On April 23, CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz sent a letter to all 50 Governors calling upon their Medicaid programs to “undertake a swift revalidation of Medicaid providers of services at high risk of waste, fraud, abuse, and corruption.” In the letter he requests that the Governor notify CMS within 10 business days (May 7)…
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Congress Wanted to Protect People Living in Areas with High Unemployment from Losing Health Care Due to Work Reporting Requirements. Will it Actually Happen?
During the Congressional debate about the passage of H.R. 1, many concerns were raised about the adoption of a mandatory work reporting requirement for people covered by Medicaid expansion – including the risks of people living in areas with high unemployment losing health coverage despite their best efforts to find work. In response, statutory language…
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Louisiana Loses a Formidable Child Health and Medicaid Champion in Ruth Kennedy
A few weeks ago, I learned that our friend, Ruth Kennedy, former LaCHIP and Medicaid Director in Louisiana, had passed away. I met Ruth back in the early 2000’s when we were both CHIP directors and participated in the Covering Kids and Covering Kids and Families grant programs funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.…