As my colleagues Joan Alker and Edwin Park recently discussed, Section 321 of Speaker McCarthy’s debt ceiling bill, passed on a party-line vote in the House on April 26, 2023, would impose mandatory work reporting requirements on Medicaid nationwide, burdening states and worsening the health of millions of people. The Congressional Budget Office estimates this […]
New CMS approvals in Oregon and Washington will protect health coverage for more children and families during this year’s consequential unwinding, minimizing coverage disruptions and easing transitions to new sources of health coverage. Oregon receives approval to ease coverage transitions for certain adults, allowing them to stay in Medicaid until they can transition to alternative […]
Editor’s Note: Since this post was published, CCF submitted formal comments on both the Medicaid Access and Managed Care proposed rules. If you thought you saw fireworks last night, it could be in celebration of the Biden Administration posting two(!) proposed rules yesterday tackling access to care in Medicaid and CHIP. It will take some […]
On April 26, 2023, on a party-line vote, the House passed Speaker McCarthy’s debt ceiling bill (H.R. 2811). The bill would institute trillions of dollars in draconian spending cuts as the price for raising the debt ceiling for less than one year and avoiding catastrophic default on the nation’s debt. As we have written, the […]
Following up on President Biden’s announcement earlier this month, HHS released a proposed rule that would make DACA grantees eligible for Marketplace coverage and some Medicaid/CHIP coverage. This is an important step in the right direction – removing unnecessary and unjustified barriers to health coverage for DACA grantees – but there is more work to […]
Researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and the University of Washington analyzed new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in a recent JAMA article and they paint a bleak picture. Mortality rates for children ages 1 to 19 increased by 11% in 2020, and then by another 8% […]
