Media Coverage
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In Texas, Thousands of Kids Lose Medicaid Coverage Each Month
The Texas Observer It’s becoming a familiar scene across Texas: a parent brings her child to the doctor for a checkup. She signs in at the front desk. Only then does she learn that her child has been kicked off her health insurance—a casualty of missing paperwork and hoops she didn’t know existed. Next comes the…
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New report finds fewer Ohio children have health insurance
WTOL 11 A new alarming report has Ohio health officials looking for answers after it revealed the number of children in Ohio without health insurance grew for the second year in a row. The study, conducted by Georgetown University, shows nearly 12,000 more children under the age of six without insurance in 2018, compared to…
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Taking steps to cover children
Herald-Star It appears there are more avenues than ever for states to ensure as many children as possible are covered by health insurance. So why were nearly 12,000 fewer Ohio youngsters covered in 2018 than in 2016? … In 2016, 3.6 percent of Ohio children were not covered by health insurance, the Georgetown University Center…
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Editorial: Prospects for long-term health in the US continue to decline
The Columbus Dispatch The health of millennials is worse than the Generation Xers that they follow; and a 40% increase in uninsured rates for the youngest Ohioans — infants to preschoolers — could have long-term consequences not only for their health but also their brain development and overall well-being. Combined, these developments raise serious questions about…
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Providing Health Insurance for Kids
The Intelligencer It appears there are more avenues than ever for states to ensure as many children as possible are covered by health insurance. So why were nearly 12,000 fewer Ohio youngsters covered in 2018 than in 2016? … But if there are other answers — and, most likely, there are — state officials should…
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Cause for alarm: Thousands more Ohio children have lost health insurance
The Columbus Dispatch In the Buckeye State, nearly 12,000 more infants, toddlers and preschoolers were without coverage in 2018 than two years earlier. Advocates are urging Gov. Mike DeWine’s administration to improve and promote access to the tax-funded coverage. … Ohio had 41,642 children without health coverage, an increase of nearly 12,000 in two years,…
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Report Shows Tens of Thousands of Arkansas Children Are Uninsured
KUAF A new report by Georgetown University Center for Children and Families reveals that millions of American children are uninsured — a trend reversal — including tens of thousands of children in Arkansas. … Listen in here!
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SCOTUS allows ‘public charge’ rule to take immediate effect
Advisory Board The Supreme Court on Monday issued a 5-4 decision allowing the Trump administration to enforce its so-called “public charge” rule, meaning federal officials can consider whether immigrants are receiving or are likely to receive Medicaid or other public benefits when reviewing their residency applications. … Joan Alker, executive director of Georgetown University’s Center for Children…
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Medicaid expansion is right for Wyoming, women
Jackson Hole News & Guide The Wyoming State Legislature convenes on Monday. This is the place where I remind readers that Wyoming’s Senate has just six women out of 30 senators and the House only eight women out of 60 representatives. The 12 men (and zero women) on the Joint Appropriations Committee who determine the…
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After shunning Medicaid expansion, Florida Republicans see the political power of tackling health care
The Florida Times Union With GOP trying to live up to the president’s health care promise, Florida lawmakers aren’t necessarily embracing an expansion of Medicaid. Backed by a scorched earth attack on Big Pharma and the “health care industrial complex,” House Speaker Jose Oliva is promoting wide-ranging changes to the state’s medical landscape that may…
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Here’s what could help save more black infants’ lives. But NC isn’t doing it.
News and Observer Deaths of African-American babies declined most quickly in states that expanded Medicaid coverage, researchers have found. North Carolina isn’t one of those states. … Joan Alker, executive director of the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University, said the conclusions about insurance improving infant health make sense. As it stands in…
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Medicaid block grants would allow states not to cover some drugs
Modern Healthcare Medicaid block grant guidance unveiled on Thursday would allow states to exclude some prescription drugs from their formularies, though the CMS in 2018 denied Massachusetts’ request to employ a similar strategy. … Edwin Park, a research professor at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy, said he views the potential optional expansion…
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Opinion: More Kentucky children lack health insurance, but things could be changing
Courier Journal After years of progress in getting kids covered, the nation now has more than 1 million uninsured young children, a significant increase of 114,000 from 2016 to 2018, according to an analysis by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families. Kentucky is among the 11 states where both the number and rate…
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Pursuing Medicaid coverage at birth, Casey launches ‘Marshall Plan’ of policies for America’s children
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sen. Bob Casey plans to propose the most sweeping expansions of children’s health care, education and school meal programs in recent memory, launching a messaging campaign in Harrisburg on Friday that he will take across Pennsylvania in 2020. Among the central tenets of the plan, which was provided to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, is…
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The Trump Administration Is Coming For Medicaid Again
Huffington Post By; Jonathan Cohn The Trump administration is back with a new initiative that could make it harder for some low-income Americans to get health care. … But if some state officials try, as several conservative ones seem inclined to do, and if the courts allow it, as perhaps some conservative judges will decide…
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Trump Administration Clears The Way For Medicaid Block Grants
NPR By: Selena Simmons-Duffin The Trump administration wants to dramatically alter the way the federal government gives money to states for Medicaid. … Critics responded quickly to Thursday’s announcement. Eagan Kemp, health care policy advocate with the liberal advocacy group Public Citizen, called the program “a Medicaid block grant by another name.” Edwin Park of…
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Trump vs. Medicaid
Axios By: Sam Baker It may not get the most attention, but Medicaid is the prime target of the Trump administration’s health care agenda. … All of this amounts to a “fundamental rewrite of the essence of the Medicaid program,” said Joan Alker, a Medicaid expert at Georgetown University and a critic of Trump’s proposals.…
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The Health 202: Trump can enforce his ‘public charge’ immigration crackdown — for now
The Washington Post By: Paige Winfield Cunningham President Trump has made it a habit of running to the Supreme Court for help in buttressing his controversial new policies. The latest example: The court’s 5-4 order yesterday allowing his administration to begin implementing new “public charge” rules. These rules will make it harder for immigrants to…
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Nebraska Two-Tiered Approach to Medicaid Expansion
Modern Healthcare By: Michael Brady Nebraska’s two-tiered approach to Medicaid expansion has spawned interest among health wonks because its work requirement could stand up to legal scrutiny… “Does this comport with the objectives of the Medicaid program, which is to provide health coverage to vulnerable people?” said Joan Alker, executive director and a co-founder of the…
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New report finds fewer Ohio children have health insurance
WTOL By: Michael Tatar A new alarming report has Ohio health officials looking for answers after it revealed the number of children in Ohio without health insurance grew for the second year in a row. The study, conducted by Georgetown University, shows nearly 12,000 more children under the age of six without insurance in 2018,…