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By Lena O’Rourke, CLASP The future of federal health policy feels uncertain right now—but for low-income children the need for high-quality health insurance has never been more urgent. Because governors, lawmakers, doctors, teachers, and parents all know how important health insurance is for the wellbeing of children, they want strong policy that provides coverage to children.…

The Senate Leadership is reportedly including a cap on federal Medicaid payments to states in its version of legislation to “repeal and replace” the ACA.  That cap will apparently look a lot like the cap that narrowly passed the House in early May, but with some tweaks to accommodate concerns of individual Senators. One tweak…

By Julie Ward, Director of Health Policy and Nicole Jorwic, Director of Rights Policy. This post originally appeared on The Arc Blog. They say that if you want to know about a person, look at how they spend their money; to know the values of a nation, the same is true. The current Affordable Care…