Media Coverage

WLRN By: Daylina Miller Between 2013 and 2015, Florida and several other states increased their children insurance rate. Joan Alker, executive director at CCF and co-author of the report, attributes this progress to Medicaid and CHIP under the Affordable Care Act. However, she mentioned that Florida still has a lot of work to do, because…

Politico By: Dan Diamond Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families released a new research paper on the historically high children’s insurance rate: 95% as of 2015. However, the research also examined seven states where children are still uninsured and how they still have room to decline those rates. … Children’s insurance rate hits new…

Daily Kos By: Joan McCarter These presidential elections will ultimately be the key as to whether  the remaining states that have not yet expanded Medicaid eligibility will or will not. Most of the candidates for those remaining states seem to be aware of the fact that Medicaid expansion will indeed help the overall health status…

Modern Healthcare By: Harris Meyer Even those Democrats governors that have not yet expanded Medicaid have been criticizing the Republican governors that are running against them, because they are still im refusal of expanding the Medicaid program to more low-SES adults. … But some observers say a bigger factor than gubernatorial races would be a…

Insurance News Net Republican states, Arizona and Ohio, were denied their Medicaid waivers, because the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services had denied changes similar to  those several times. Joan Alker, the executive director of Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, mentioned that it indeed the Republican party (and states) and Medicaid are not…

The Des Moines Register By: Jason Clayworth There is not sufficient data to see if truly more medical providers are taking part of Medicaid program, and are being affected by it, as Governor Terry Branstad had claimed. According to Joan Alker, the executive director of Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, mentioned that even…

Dr. Bicuspid By: Donna Domino Colin Reusch, senior policy analyst at Children’s Dental Health Project, and Joan Alker, executive director of the Georgetown’s Center for Children and Families, released a policy brief that deals with all the components of the ACA dental health coverage and what needs to be improved. … The policy brief was…

Contemporary Pediatrics By: Laird Harrison With the presidential elections coming up, there’s a lot of pressure and tension with the effect that the government will be having in regards to children’s health. Professionals in the health and public health field, such as Irwin Redlener, MD, and Joan Alker, MPhil, mentioned how important these elections are…

Modern Healthcare By: Virgil Dickson A study has shown that Medicaid beneficiaries truly get the most out of their healthcare coverage, and other states should notice this and expand their Medicaid eligibility. … Such a report could better outline participation rate for Indiana expansion versus other states that didn’t charge premiums, according to Joan Alker,…

WABE By: Michell Eloy Even though the Affordable Care Act has not been the top priority in these elections, it may come to an end if these 2016 Elections are won by the Republican Party as the Republican Vice President, Mike Pence, promised to repeal it. … Joan Alker, executive director of the Georgetown University…

Herald-Tribune By: Maggie Clark There is still a dental insurance crisis, even though the Affordable Care Act has expanded the dental coverage. Research suggest to fix this all states must have dentists taking care of children’s dental health – regardless of their dental health coverage. … To manage that crisis, researchers at Georgetown and the…

The Des Moines Register Children are the ones that get affected the most when it comes to the decisions taken in regards to education, human services, and/or health systems fundings. With that being said, the decisions that governors have made in regards to Medicaid and CHIP affects children in particular – as presented in Georgetown…

WFPL By: Lisa Gillespie With the Medicaid wavier proposal by Kentucky’s Governor, Matt Bevin, it seemed that Kentucky’s healthcare system would improve in many ways. However, according to experts, – such as Adam Searing and U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth – waivers have not worked as expected to any of the other states that have proposed…

WFPL By: Lisa Gillespie After Gov. Matt Bevin proposed Kentucky’s Medicaid waiver – in which high-deductible health plans, premiums, and re-applications per year would be implemented – it became a hot topic and many commented on it. For instance, Adam Searing, from Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, gave his opinion in that perhaps…

Herald-Tribune By: Bill Church The Herald-Tribune talks about hiring talented journalists. They specifically talk about their smart and great health reporter Maggie Clark and all her achievements, including the fact that she is partnered with the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families. … Maggie and Opinion Editor Tom Tryon also were instrumental in spurring…

Modern Healthcare By: Virgil Dickson The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reject Indiana’s request to lockout Medicaid beneficiaries who do not efficiently complete the renewal process in time, in order to encourage enrollees ensure their documents by the state’s deadline. … “At a time when our healthcare system needs to move toward more effective use…

Kaiser Health News By: Phil Galewitz As Kentucky’s uninsured rate has decreased from 20% to 7.5% thanks to Medicaid, the state is increasing their expenses, and tension to afford those under Gov. Bevin’s Medicaid expansion plan. … Bevin’s proposals go beyond any Medicaid waivers granted by the Obama administration, said Adam Searing, senior research fellow…