Media Coverage

Press Examiner July 18, 2015 By Michael Inzaghi, The federal government will pay 100 percent of Medicaid costs through 2016 and then states have to contribute up to 10 percent of the funding for the program, which gives Alaskan legislature a chance to block state funds down the road. Alaskan Governor Walker had made Medicaid…

The News & Observer July 17, 2015 By Taylor Knopf, RALEIGH– Advocates came together on Thursday to urge Governor McCrory to expand Medicaid in North Carolina. McCrory has expressed interest in expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, but has said that expansion needs more data analysis from states that have done it. … Thursday,…

Citizen-Times July 17, 2015 By Abby Magulis, ASHEVILLE—A report detailing the effect of North Carolina’s health care coverage gap on children written by health care advocates was released on Thursday. There were six demonstrations held across the state that called upon the Governor to expand Medicaid. According to the report by Georgetown University’s Center for…

The News & Observer July 16, 2015 By Michelle Hughes and Joan Alker, Healthy children come from healthy families. That’s why providing health insurance for parents has numerous benefits for children and, conversely, leaving those parents uninsured puts children at risk. A report released this week by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families…

Modern Healthcare July 16, 2015 By Virgil Dickson, On Thursday, Governor Bill Walker of Alaska announced that he will use his executive power to put the state on track to be the 30th state to expand Medicare under the Affordable Care Act. First, Walker unsuccessfully attempted to persuade the Alaska Legislature to approve Medicaid expansion…

Health Leaders Media July 10, 2015 By Eric Whitney, Montana’s Medicaid expansion plan on terms has been released for public comment before it is formally submitted to federal officials. However, a leading expert on Medicaid waivers says Montana is unlikely to get exactly what it wants. “A waiver proposal never comes out the way that it…

Public News Service January 22, 2015 By Troy Wilde, PHOENIX – Thousands of children in Arizona may not be getting the medical attention they need because the state stopped funding its KidsCare program, which provided health insurance for lower income families. A new report from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families concludes that…

Modern Healthcare January 20, 2015 By Virgil Dickson, States have made major strides in automating their processes used to determine eligibility for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. But challenges remain in verifying user data and re-enrolling certain populations, said federal and state officials during a webinar Tuesday. As of Jan. 1, 49 states…

Arizona Daily Star January 17, 2014 By Stephanie Innes, Arizona is the only state without an active federal Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the impact has been negative for low-income families, two new studies suggest. Fourteen thousand children in Arizona lost their health insurance at the end of January 2014 when the state ended its…

Modern Healthcare  January 17, 2015 By Virgil Dickson, The future of Medicaid waivers in Florida and Texas is murky as the Obama administration tries to persuade those states’ Republican leaders that expanding Medicaid would be more effective than just extending their waivers. Both states have soon-to-expire Section 1115 waivers that provide billions each year to…

Huffington Post January 16, 2015 By Joan Alker, Fourteen thousand children in Arizona lost their health insurance at the end of January 2014 when the state ended its KidsCare program for low-income children, becoming the only state in the country without an active Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Today we released two new reports on…

FiveThirtyEight January 16, 2015 By Anna Maria Barry-Jester, A report released Friday found that 14,000 kids in Arizona lost their insurance when the state canceled its health insurance program for low-income children at the beginning of 2014. Arizona is the only state without a Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP); the programs provide insurance to low-income…

Florida Today January 14, 2015 By Ilana Kowarski, Expanding Medicaid in Florida would mean $114 million annually for Brevard County and would cover thousands here who currently have no health insurance, said health care experts at a forum Wednesday. At least 17,500 of Brevard’s poor would be affected by this change, which would allow them…

Health News Florida January 14, 2015 By Carol Gentry, Florida’s “safety-net” hospitals – the ones that provide the most charity care — received another in a series of depressing projections Wednesday in a report from Florida Legal Services. Taken together, the three reports issued to date by the patient-advocacy organization describe a pending loss of…

The Augusta Chronicle  January 12, 2015 By Andy Miller, Unlike its counterparts in other states, the Georgia Hospital Association has not been seen as actively advocating for Medicaid expansion. A number of states have expanded their Medicaid programs, making more low-income people eligible for benefits and thus helping hospitals financially by reducing their numbers of…

Newsworks January 8, 2015 By Elana Gordon, State officials estimate that as of January 1, 2015 about 600,000 Pennsylvanians became eligible for Medicaid through its newly expanded Healthy Pennsylvania option. Enrollment began last month, and as of Monday, a spokesperson reported the state had received at least 114,000 household applications (it’s unclear how many came…