Media Coverage

CNBC … The Nightly Business Report expanded on whether the business world will be significant in terms of Trump’s administration decisions, especially with regards to repealing the Affordable Care Act. … JOAN ALKER, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: If you don’t pay your premium on time or you don’t get your paperwork on time, even if you go…

Health News Florida By: Phil Galewitz Vice President Mike Pence mentioned that, in regards to the Medicaid expansion, the new administration would want to maintain it on a very conservative-style. … “Certainly I think the new administration would give the waiver a friendly reception,” said Joan Alker, executive director of the Center for Children and…

The News & Observer By: Tony Pugh From 2008 to 2010, 6.7 million more Americans joined Medicaid. This program did not only provide health insurance to underprivileged Americans, but it also helped afford the 15% growth. However, 7 years later, now the Republican Congress wants to stop this progress. … “All of the major block-grant…

Modern Healthcare By: Virgil Dickson Healthcare providers could be receiving more patients, and therefore money, with the change of Medicaid network adequacy – thanks to the fee-for-service. … However, all bets are off if Congress moves forward with plans to convert Medicaid into a block grant program, said Tricia Brooks, senior fellow at Georgetown University…

Los Angeles Times By: Noam N. Levey The health secretary chosen by President-elect Trump, Rep. Tom Price, has always worked towards decreasing the healthcare coverage system. However, his state, Georgia, is in great need for improvement in that sense, as it has one of the worst health outcomes nationwide. … Research has shown that CHIP and…

PolitiFact By: Jon Greenberg Repealing the Affordable Care Act would remove healthcare insurance from about 20 million people that just gained insurance thanks to this healthcare law and its programs, such as Medicaid. Rand Paul, during the CNN’s State of the Union, mentioned that if any state wanted to maintain its Medicaid expansion, it would…

  The Chronicle of Social Change By: Olivia Golden Repealing the Affordable Care Act would leave young adults aging out of foster care without health insurance. It would also make it very hard for foster care children to receive healthcare coverage. In addition, it would reduce health and mental health coverage for adults. … The…

The News & Observer By: David Ranii and Lynn Bonner North Carolina’s Governor, Roy Cooper, wants to expand Medicaid, regardless of what Congress decides before Donald Trump takes office as President of the United States. Many Republican leaders are criticizing the fact that the governor intends to violate his oath of office. … Joan Alker, executive…

KTSA A recent report by Urban Institute showed that repealing the Affordable Care Act would take away healthcare coverage from about 30 million Americans nationwide, and about 2.6 million Texans. On top of this, the director of the Children’s Defense Fund-Texas, Patrick Bresette, mentioned that repealing the ACA would also have adverse effects on the…

NPR By: Eric Whitney Montana’s senator, Ed Buttrey, is not a fan of the Affordable Care Act, but he does want everyone to get benefits by linking healthcare coverage with job training to find a better job or better pay, and get the most benefits out from it. However, Joan Alker, CCF’s executive director, mentioned…

The Atlantic By: Alana Semuels Indiana had not expanded Medicaid under Affordable Care Act, until Mike Pence developed Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP) 2.0 on January 2015. However, his “Medicaid expansion” has many barriers, as Joan Alker, CCF’s executive director, mentioned. Now that Mike Pence is Vice-President of the United States, the vision of Medicaid nationwide…

The Florida Times Union According to the report by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, Florida is the state with the second highest rate of uninsured children. Regardless, thanks to the  Children’s Health Insurance Program under the Affordable Care Act, the number of insured children has increased in Florida (and nationwide) between 2013 and 2015.…

CBS 2 Iowa/Fox 28 By: Steffi Lee The health policy associate from Child & Family Policy Center, Mary Nelle Trefz, mentioned that repealing the Affordable Care Act would leave about 230,000 Iowans without healthcare insurance. … According to data from the Georgetown University Center for Children & Families, the number of uninsured children more than…

Utah Policy The new report by NCLR and Georgetown University Center for Children and Families (CCF) showed that 8,000 more Utah Latino children are now insured, thanks to the Affordable Care Act. However, Utah’s rate for uninsured Latino children is the highest (16.8%), and there’s still much work to be done. Unfortunately, as Joan Alker,…

WXPR By: Tim Morrissey The research director at the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families mentioned that the report by Urban Institute did not paint a very good future for those who are insured nowadays thanks to the Affordable Care Act. … Joan Alker, the executive director of the Georgetown Center for Children and Families,…

El Observador By: Logan Pollard The partial repeal of the Affordable Care Act would leave approximately 4.9 million Californians without healthcare coverage. Kelly Hardy and Joan Alker, executive directors for “Children Now” and “Center for Children and Families”, respectively, are very sad that all of the progress done in expanding healthcare coverage to many children…

The Christian Science Monitor By: Christina Beck The United Health Foundation’s 2016 Annual Report disclosed that Hawaii is the healthiest state in the United States of America for there 5th year in a row. It also reported that following Hawaii are: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Minnesota, and Vermont. Unfortunately, it also provided the bottom five states: Mississippi, Louisiana,…

Aristegui Noticias Latino children have been the most that have benefitted from the Obamacare, since as of 2015, 92.5% of hispanic children had healthcare coverage according to the report by Georgetown University Center for Children and Families. The executive director at CCF, Joan Alker, mentioned that this is one of the most significant accomplishments and…

The Huffington Post By: Steven T. Lopez According to the report by Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, in 2015, latino children reached a record high 92.5% of insurance rate. The report also showed that 95% of children nationwide now have healthcare coverage, thanks to the Affordable Care Act. However, there is still work…

The Hill By: Nathaniel Weixel Arkansas’ Medicaid expansion was a very successful model for Republican states to follow, but now that Congress wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Joan Alker (executive director of Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families), said that it would reverse Arkansas’ approach completely. … “If there’s a partial repeal,…