Media Coverage

Romper By: Josie Rhodes Cook On Thursday, the House voted to break up aspects of the Affordable Care Act and replace the nation’s health care system with the American Health Care Act instead. Before the vote, several physician groups as well as patient-advocacy groups spoke out against the AHCA. Now, following it’s passing, the American Academy…

Vox By: Dylan Matthews The actual policies contained in the American Health Care Act — the Obamacare repeal-and-replace bill that the House is voting on Thursday — would help some Americans a lot. The biggest winners are households making $250,000 a year or more, who would see two different taxes targeting them repealed; households with millions in investment income…

The Washington DC 100 By: Adam Searing In Washington the proposed American Health Care Act contains a Medicaid funding cut of $839 billion. Since children make up about half of total enrollment in the Medicaid program, a funding cut of this magnitude would have a major impact on millions of children. In a contrast to cuts in Washington, Utah…

KAIT By: Mallory Jordan Arkansas’ legislative session plays an important role in the lives of Arkansas children and families, an official with a state children’s group said. The Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families hosted a conference in Jonesboro Wednesday to discuss how decisions in the last session have affected Arkansas children and families. … Rich…

The New York Times By: The Associated Press Arkansas decided to not go forward with the Medicaid plan that would be removing 600,000 people from healthcare coverage, and make sure that the remaining participants were working. However, Arkansas is till determined to improve the program. … “I think it’s very perilous for the state to…

Tonic By: Jason Silverstein Trumpcare and the American Health Care Act are still on the watch, as it still has not been approved because even Republicans did not think it was the appropriate plan to leave thousands of Americans without healthcare coverage. … Medicaid pays for nearly half of all pregnancies in the United States.…

The New York Times By: Margot Sanger-Katz The American Health Care Act proposed by the Republican party to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act was updated since it failed to pass in March. Now, the plan will allow states to waive three of the Affordable Care Rules, which according to the Congressional Budget Office would…

MedPage Today By: Shannon Firth The GOP Congress was not able to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, and states such as Kentucky, Arizona, Arkansas, and Maine, have decided to continue with their waiver proposals to change their Medicaid programs in their states. However, it is still not certain if these changes will aid or…

Kaiser Health News By: Michelle Andrews Children that have chronic health conditions are the most prone to health insurances changes, especially since they have to rely on so many medications and different doctors, which affects not only the children’s health but also their families financial status. … Since passage of the Affordable Care Act in…

AAP News At the AAP Annual Leadership Forum, the main issues discussed were immigrant child health, access to care, and diversity and inclusion. There, most of the resolutions proposed were selected to be solved urgently. Especially, the most important one is that they educate pediatricians on the process of creating partnership between pediatricians and lawyers…

Kaiser Health News By: Michelle Andrews Children now have a better cure to treat hepatitis C, thanks to a newly approved drugs to treat opioid epidemics. This means that children will probably have a better chance in treatment than adults themselves, especially thanks to Medicaid guidelines available for children. … State Medicaid programs have leeway…

Healthcare Dive By: Shannon Muchmore Many states have expanded Medicaid, because data has shown that expanding Medicaid coverage will decrease federal matching funds in the next year. Thus, that money, as Adam Searing from CCF mentioned, is motivating many to see how important and effective Medicaid programs are, and their benefits in the long-run. ……

Modern Healthcare By: Virgil Dickson The CMS administrator, Seema Verma, will not get involved in Medicaid expansion waivers from Indiana nor Iowa, because before being the CMS administrator, she was an industry consultant and advised these states on Medicaid programs decisions. … Joan Alker, a Medicaid expert at Georgetown University, said Verma made the right…

WUSF News By: Lynn Hatter The Florida House has developed a Medicaid plan that includes co-pays and work requirements, because Florida is spending 1/3 of their $82 billion budget on Medicaid, and they want to reduce that spending. … “This bill…is one of the worst pieces of legislation I’ve seen in a long time,” she…

Vox By: Dylan Scott The new administration is allowing states, such as Florida, to put restrictions on their Medicaid programs. Florida for instance is requiring most Medicaid recipients to pay $10 or $15 per month, depending on their income, and to prove that they are employed, searching for jobs or in job training, because Rep.…

Vox By: Dylan Matthews The new administrator for Center of Medicare and Medicaid Services, Seems Verma, and the new Health and Human Services Secretary, Tom Price, have promised to state governors flexibility in providing Medicaid benefits to the poor, elderly, and disabled, because they want to take into consideration innovations that aid and promote human…

KUTV By: Sara Weber According to CCF and the National Council of La Raza, 23.4% of Hispanic children are uninsured, which makes Utah the state with the lowest rate of insured Hispanic children. … The Georgetown Center for Children and Families and the National Council of La Raza finds that 23.4 percent of Hispanic children in…

Morning Consult By: Mary Ellen McIntire Since the American Health Care Act failed to pass, states are now considering Medicaid expansions to raise more federal spending and diminish the chances of the Republican Party to remove Obamacare altogether. Some of the states involved in this are Kansas and Virginia. … Meanwhile, non-expansion states could face a…

Dakota Free Press By: Cory Allen Heidelberger TrumpCare’s failure has implications for South Dakota, as it will get back to the possibility of expanding Medicaid. Health experts, such as Adam Searing from CCF, mentioned that basically now is the time to expand Medicaid, because now there will be less ‘political heat’ on this topic. ……

Managed Care House Speaker Paul Ryan mentioned that for now, Obamacare will remain. Adam Searing, research professor at CCF, mentioned that now that Obamacare will remain, then states that did not go through with the Medicaid expansion but have the money will probably do it now. … Adam Searing, a research professor at Georgetown University’s…