Rewire By: S.E. Smith With Senate Republicans threatening to push their version of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) to a vote before Independence Day, the future of U.S. health care is uncertain. Although the Senate is being secretive about its version of the bill, the extensive proposed changes in the House’s version could roll […]
Politico Pro By: Rachana Pradhan The Trump administration’s planned overhaul of Medicaid is running into the unforgiving reality of impoverished small towns like this one, which voted overwhelmingly for President Donald Trump. … In Magoffin County, where a third of residents live in poverty, the uninsured rate among adults dropped from 32 percent to 12 […]
PBS By: Laura Santhanam For months, the Trump administration and Congress have debated the future of health care, including nearly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid, which has enrolled nearly 37 million children. By comparison, 8.4 million children have been enrolled in the Children’s Health Insurance Program and its funding is up for reauthorization in September. … […]
Modern Healthcare By: Virgil Dickson Indiana has opened up its pending request for a Medicaid work requirement to legal challenges by skipping a crucial step in the submission process. … “This appears to be a reversal of that policy,” said Joan Alker, executive director of the Georgetown Center for Children and Families. “That is a […]
Paste Magazine By: Savannah McCoy President Trump’s proposed budget cuts include cutting into the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicaid. … Trump believes his budget will trim unnecessary spending, but others, such as Joan Alker, the director of Georgetown University’s Children and Families Center, think the cuts will create more harm than good. “To […]
Politico Pro By: David Pittman CMS is three years behind on the creation of a $100 million database that could answer policy questions of deep relevance in Congress today and of pressing importance to the future of Medicaid. … “These larger data systems turn out to be more challenging I think than anticipated,” said Tricia […]
