Mental health was in the spotlight this month on Capitol Hill with four Congressional committees holding hearings on the subject during the first three weeks of February and some committees formally announcing plans to pursue bipartisan legislation. As we’ve discussed on Say Ahhh!, the pandemic has taken an unprecedented toll on the mental health of […]
CMS recently announced $49.4 million in outreach grants available to connect eligible children and parents to Medicaid and CHIP coverage, and for the first time, specifically included outreach to pregnant people as one of the target groups. This is an important step, both for reaching eligible but uninsured pregnant people, and for facilitating access to […]
In part 1 of this blog series, my colleague and report co-author Joan Alker, explained the dire consequences if states don’t put in the time and effort to get renewals right when the Medicaid continuous coverage provision is lifted. This blog will focus on how we developed risk assessments for children in all 50 states […]
Last week, California’s Medicaid agency issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to provide managed health care services to program beneficiaries. This is not just another Medicaid RFP. California is far and away the nation’s largest Medicaid managed care market. As of September 2021 the state Medicaid agency contracted with 24 managed care organizations (MCOs) to […]
A unique and unprecedented set of public policy circumstances create a grave risk for the stability of health coverage in the year ahead for millions of children and families. First, some background. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress and the Trump Administration enacted a law in 2020, known as the Families First Coronavirus Relief […]
By Kelly Vyzral, Senior Health Policy Associate, Children’s Defense Fund Ohio February is School-Based Health Care Awareness Month. This is a great opportunity to talk about improving access to health care for Ohio’s children. All children deserve to grow up healthy with the opportunity to thrive into adulthood. But the reality is that in many […]
