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  • MEDICAID MATTERS: Arizona Section 1115 Waiver Request Sets a New Low

    Joan Alker

    I recently pulled out my copy of the Social Security Act to reread Section 1115 which provides the Secretary of Health and Human Services with the authority to permit waivers of certain rules of the Medicaid program. These projects were conceived of by Congressional drafters as “demonstration projects” or “experimental pilots” which “in the judgment…

  • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Filling Budget Gaps in Medicaid

    Tricia Brooks

    With the opening of state legislative sessions, we are beginning to see how states are proposing to deal with ongoing shortfalls in state revenues coupled with the loss of additional federal financial support for Medicaid from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). There is no dispute that states will continue to face difficult budget…

  • Holding Steady, Looking Ahead: Annual Findings of a 50-State Survey of Eligibility Rules, Enrollment and Renewal Procedures, and Cost Sharing Practices in Medicaid and CHIP, 2010-2011

    CCFadmin

    Over the past year, as the nation’s attention was focused on the country’s economic problems and the debate over the passage of broader health care reform, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) continued to play their vital role of providing coverage to millions of people who otherwise lack affordable coverage options. In 2010,…

  • States Should Seek a Balanced Approach to Maintaining Medicaid

    CCFadmin

    By Jocelyn Guyer The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the nation’s incoming Republican governors (and four of those who are on their way out) are releasing a letter today asking Congress to dismantle the protections in the Affordable Care Act for low-income Americans aimed at holding Medicaid and CHIP coverage steady until health reform…

  • Rate Review: States Can Help Make Health Insurance More Affordable

    Sabrina Corlette

    Thirty-nine percent increase in California. Fifty-six percent increase in Michigan. Forty-seven percent increase in Connecticut. Twenty-one percent increase in New Mexico. In recent years consumers have faced unprecedented hikes in their health insurance premiums. In many cases, these hikes are driven by the increasing costs of medical care. But what happens when an insurance company…

  • Arizona Takes First Step to Restore Children’s Health Insurance

    Guest

    By Matt Jewett, Children’s Action Alliance of Arizona Not a lot of good news has come out of Arizona this year.  Amidst leading the country in job losses, selling our state Capitol to raise money (we’re leasing it back), and a divisive immigration debate gaining national attention, we also became the first state ever to…

  • Unprecedented Cuts in Arizona Will be Felt for Years to Come

    CCFadmin

    By Martha Heberlein Facing a $2.6 billion budget shortfall in fiscal year 2011, Arizona has resorted to $1.1 billion in cuts. In doing so, the state made the unprecedented move of repealing the state’s Children’s Health Insurance program, KidsCare. Estimates are that 47,000 low-income children will lose coverage as a result and another 13,000 children…

  • NBC Nightly News Covers Cut to Parent Coverage in Arizona

    CCFadmin

    By Joe Touschner As any parent who has faced the challenge of being sick and trying to fulfill their parenting duties will tell you – the well-being of children is highly dependent on the well-being of their parents.   That’s why it is so important that federal health reform include affordable health care options that will…

  • Weathering the Storm: States Move Forward on Child and Family Health Coverage Despite Tough Economic Climate

    CCFadmin

    This report provides a first look at state activity after the passage of CHIPRA and the availability of increased Medicaid funding in the economic stimulus package. It finds that despite unprecedented fiscal challenges, all but a few states held steady on children’s health coverage, and twenty-three states took steps to move forward. This progress on…

  • Family Coverage Under SCHIP Waivers

    CCFadmin

    This report examines 11 states that have been granted waivers to provide health care coverage to parents using SCHIP funds. It shows that while SCHIP parent enrollment nationwide is relatively small, the coverage provided helps fill a major coverage gap for low-income parents and their families.  

  • Children’s Health Coverage: States Moving Forward

    CCFadmin

    This report provides results from a nationwide review of state efforts to provide health care coverage to uninsured children between January 2006 and mid-April 2007. It shows that a large number of states throughout the country have proposed, passed, or implemented initiatives to cover more children through three primary strategies: finding, enrolling, and keeping SCHIP-…

  • Closing the Coverage Gap: Trends in Health Insurance Coverage for Children

    CCFadmin

    From 1996-97 to 2003-04, the uninsured rate of low-income children was reduced by a third; however, the national data mask significant variation across the states in how children are faring. To provide a state-specific perspective on the issue, this brief examines health insurance trends for children in all 50 states and the District of Columbia…