7 Questions Congress Should Answer Before Messing with Medicaid
Ok, all you Schoolhouse Rock fans, let’s sing along: “I’m just a Bill. Yes, I’m only a Bill. And I’m sitting here on Capitol Hill. Well, it’s a long, long journey to the Capital City It’s a long, long wait while I’m sitting in committee.” That was true in 1976, when Bill made his debut. […]
Top Five Ways ACA Repeal and Medicaid Financing Changes Would Harm our Youngest Children
Editor’s note: We at Say Ahhh! are getting a lot of traction around our “top 5s” on Medicaid cuts and the impact of ACA repeal and Medicaid financing changes on child welfare. So we thought we should continue the trend and focus on young children. We are grateful our colleagues at CLASP agreed to join […]
Nation’s Success in Covering Children is in Peril
House Republicans recently released an outline of their plans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act and today an earlier version of the bill they were drafting was leaked. While the leaked bill is likely an old draft, both of these documents confirm what I have suspected was coming — while repealing and replacing […]
State Snapshots of Children’s Health Coverage
As Say Ahhh! readers well know, Medicaid and CHIP are a primary source of coverage for children, particularly the most vulnerable children. But even people who know the importance of our public coverage programs are often surprised to learn key statistics about Medicaid and CHIP. For example, did you know that: 57 percent of all […]
Congress Must Act Quickly on CHIP
As regular readers of SayAhhh! know, funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) will expire on September 30, 2017. Medicaid and CHIP have worked together to bring the nation’s uninsurance rate for children down to a historic high of 95%. Whether the country will continue moving forward on this critical question is a key […]
Medicaid, CHIP, and ACA State Snapshots
How Medicaid, CHIP, and the ACA Cover Children Children’s health insurance coverage has reached historic levels in the United States, thanks to Medicaid, CHIP, and the ACA. The Georgetown University Center for Children and Families (CCF) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) created factsheets for the nation as well as all 51 states (including the […]
Georgetown CCF Welcomes National Medicaid Expert Andy Schneider to our Team
It is with great pleasure that I am able to share some wonderful news with SayAhhh! readers about the latest addition to our team here at Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families. For Medicaid cognoscenti, Andy Schneider needs no introduction as there are few individuals who are more integral to the development of the Medicaid […]
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The Children’s Health Insurance Program
Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families conducts research and provides recommendations on how to sustain the successful children’s coverage program and to build upon its success.
CCF-AAP State Snapshots Data Sources
Below is a description of sources used for data reported on the State and National Snapshots provided by Georgetown University Center for Children and Families (CCF) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). All snapshots are available here. Children’s Uninsurance Rates (2008-2015) and Sources of Children’s Coverage (2015) Georgetown CCF analysis of single-year estimates […]
Complicated Cassidy-Collins Plan to Replace ACA Falls Short
With pressure building around repealing the ACA without a replacement plan, various “replacement” plans are starting to pop up – most recently this bill from Senators Cassidy and Collins. Sarah Lueck at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities posted a thoughtful analysis of the bill’s key provisions and Timothy Jost offers even more details […]
CCF Hosts Webinar on Medicaid and CHIP Financing
After months of vowing to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Congress and the new administration are now signaling that they’re not going to stop there. Policymakers are already talking about capping or block granting Medicaid and holding up needed funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Such changes would leave states struggling to meet the […]
Trump’s Health Secretary Pick Fought To Limit Coverage In One Of America’s Neediest States
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 […]
Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility, Enrollment, Renewal, and Cost Sharing Policies as of January 2017: Findings from a 50-State Survey
Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility, Enrollment, Renewal, and Cost Sharing Policies as of January 2017: Findings from a 50-State Survey
How Should We Be Thinking About CHIP in the New World Order?
Recent press accounts have noted that Republicans are thinking about using the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) as a bargaining tool to entice Democrats to vote for health legislation that replaces the Affordable Care Act (ACA). CHIP’s funding expires on September 30, 2017, which means that Congress must act soon to ensure that it continues […]
Medicaid Expansion Drove Health Insurance Coverage Under Health Law, Rand Paul Says
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 […]
What Does Senate Passage of the Budget Mean for Children and Families?
Early this morning the Senate passed its fiscal year 2017 budget, with a vote of 51-48. The budget now heads to the House for consideration and a vote, which is expected tomorrow. But what does the budget say, and more importantly, what does it mean for children and families? The budget establishes funding levels for […]
Kaiser Family Foundation & CCF Release 50-State Medicaid/CHIP Survey
Today, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families released their annual 50-state survey on Medicaid and CHIP eligibility, enrollment, renewal and cost-sharing policies. The survey is a “must read” report for anyone interested in health care policy and its impact on low-income children and families across the country. Tricia […]