Kaiser Health News By: Shefali Luthra Efforts by Republican lawmakers to scale back Medicaid enrollment could undercut an aspect of the program that has widespread bipartisan appeal — covering more children, research published Tuesday in the journal Health Affairs suggests. The study focuses on the impact of Medicaid’s “welcome-mat” effect — a term used to […]
Opposing Views By: Jordan Smith As Congress returns to work following the August recess, partisan divisions over the Affordable Care Act continue to impact health care policy. Some have suggested the bad blood created during the Republicans’ failed attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, may hinder bipartisan progress on items […]
Inside Health Policy Hurricane Harvey is the kind of natural disaster opponents of Medicaid funding caps warned about, and they say it would be much more difficult to recover from Harvey if Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) got his wish for a Medicaid block grant. … “Gov. Abbott has been a proponent of Medicaid block […]
Modern Healthcare By Mara Lee Keeping the enhanced match that was added to CHIP as part of the Affordable Care Act is unlikely to be the sticking point for a bipartisan deal, a senior House Republican aide said. … Kelly Whitener, associate professor of the practice at Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, said […]
Public News Service DES MOINES, Iowa – A stopgap insurance plan presented this week to federal officials by Iowa’s insurance commissioner needs to be re-worked to better protect low-income and older Iowans, according to the Child & Family Policy Center. …. Mary Nelle Trefz, a health policy associate with the center, notes that the impetus […]
CSPAN Video: Professor Kelly Whitener talked about the future of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). View the video here.
