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Kansas and Mississippi Medicaid Waivers Race to the Bottom: Most Vulnerable Families Targeted by Harmful Proposal

Medicaid is a critical part of health insurance coverage in the US, covering millions of children and their parents, seniors and individuals with disabilities. More than half of states have taken the Affordable Care Act option to expand Medicaid coverage to more low-income parents and childless adults. But some states are trying to move in…

December 1, 2017

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Joan Alker

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Suzanne Wikle

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CMS Should Withdraw Medicaid State Financing and Supplemental Payment Rule That Undercuts COVID-19 Relief Bill’s Enhanced Federal Medicaid Match

[Editor’s Note: On March 18, 2020 the Senate passed and the President signed into law the bipartisan Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201) after this blog was published.] Today (March 18, 2020), the Senate is expected to pass the House-passed coronavirus relief bill (H.R. 6201) and send it to the President’s desk. The bill…

March 18, 2020

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Edwin Park

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Little Known Provision Keeps Kids From Slipping Through Cracks Due to Differences in Eligibility Rules

For the most part, the Affordable Care Act aligns the way that Medicaid determines eligibility based on the same Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) rules used to determine eligibility for financial assistance in the Marketplace. But there are exceptions in Medicaid as I outlined in this blog. The differences can mean that an individual is…

January 29, 2016

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Tricia Brooks

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Medicaid Drug Rebate Program News and Notes, 2024 Edition

Periodically I write up news on the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP) and here’s another (albeit overdue) edition highlighting some recent MDRP policy developments: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will not finalize its proposal to require manufacturers to “stack” discounts when determining best price under the MDRP. The best price requirement, which…

July 31, 2024

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Edwin Park

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Weaponizing Program Integrity: A New Assault on Medicaid Expansion

CMS Administrator Seema Verma has never been a fan of the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion or the positive difference it has made in the lives of low-income Americans. In fact, ever since Congress refused to repeal the expansion and block grant the program in 2017, Administrator Verma has been trying to make it harder…

June 25, 2019

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Andy Schneider

Projects

Keeping Kids Connected to Care During COVID-19

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and Georgetown University Center for Children and Families (CCF) have teamed up to protect children’s health and well-being with the launch of a joint project: “Keeping Kids Connected to Care During COVID-19 and Beyond”. AAP and CCF are working with Manatt Health, Family Voices and a network of children’s…

August 5, 2020

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A Conversation on Meaningful Family Engagement, from Clinical Care to Health Policy

For families of children who have complex medical conditions, equal partnership in multiple levels of care is essential to positive outcomes for their children. A recent article Families of Children With Medical Complexity: A View From the Front Lines provides an overview of care management from the perspective of parents who have children with complex…

May 29, 2018

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Allison Gray

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Adam Searing

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Candace Webb Joins Center for Children and Families Team

We are pleased to announce that Candace Webb has joined the staff at Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families as a senior state health policy analyst. Candace comes to Georgetown University with a decade of experience in public health, most recently as the Western Services Branch Chief in the Division of State HIV/AIDS Programs…

June 20, 2017

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Tricia Brooks

Research & Reports

An Explanation of Final Medicaid Managed Care and Access Rules

Executive Summary While the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has overseen the steady growth in Medicaid coverage over recent years, CMS has faced the additional challenges of ensuring that coverage truly leads to meaningful access to care and that there is strong oversight. CMS recently finalized two key regulations: “Ensuring Access to Medicaid…

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CMS Releases State-by-State Designations of Whether Certain Medicaid Categories Meet Minimum Essential Coverage Standards

The long-awaited assessment of whether certain Medicaid coverage categories meet minimum essential coverage (MEC) standards is out. Why is this important? This list serves two purposes: Individuals eligible for non-MEC Medicaid can qualify for premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions. Individuals with non-MEC Medicaid coverage know whether they need to secure MEC to avoid the…

February 15, 2016

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Tricia Brooks

Research & Reports

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.

February 6, 2017

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Senate Voting Rules and Budget Reconciliation Explained (Part 2)

In part 1 of this budget reconciliation refresher, I wrote about the basic rules for passing legislation in the House versus the Senate and how the budget reconciliation process allows certain legislation to move forward with approval from a simple majority of Senators rather than the usual three-fifths or 60-vote threshold. Now I’d like to…

January 27, 2021

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Kelly Whitener

Research & Reports

Child Medicaid Disenrollment Data Shows Wide Variation in State Performance as Continuous Coverage Pandemic Protections Lifted

Download the Full Report (PDF) Background During the COVID-19 public health emergency, states received increased federal Medicaid matching rates in exchange for a commitment to maintain continuous coverage for those enrolled in Medicaid. With the public health emergency winding down, as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA), 2023, Congress ended the continuous coverage requirement…

May 2, 2024

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What Has Happened to the 1+ Million Children Who Have Lost Medicaid/CHIP Coverage?

The Census Bureau is expected to release topline findings from the American Community Survey next week that will include 2018 data on uninsured children. We have been anxiously awaiting these data since we first alerted Medicaid/CHIP stakeholders to the precipitous decline in Medicaid/CHIP early this year. Since then we have continued to monthly monitor enrollment…

September 4, 2019

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Tricia Brooks

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South Carolina Becomes First State to Impose Harmful Work Requirements Primarily on Poor Parents

I had held out a little sliver of hope that the Trump Administration would not cross this line but today those hopes were extinguished when CMS Administrator Verma traveled to South Carolina to personally deliver the news to South Carolina Governor McMaster that his state would be the first in the nation to apply a…

December 12, 2019

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Joan Alker

Research & Reports

Medicaid’s Role for Seniors Living in Small Towns and Rural America

Medicaid is a lifeline for millions of older adults (age 65+) who are likely also enrolled in Medicare. Medicaid is the primary payer for long-term services and supports that are not covered by Medicare, paying for more than 50 percent of these costs in 2015. This role is especially important as the population ages: 37…

June 26, 2017

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Joan Alker

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Karina Wagnerman

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Jack Hoadley

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Rural Disparities, Racial Disparities, and Maternal Health Crisis Call Out for Solutions

Maternal health access and care were already in crisis before COVID-19, and the pandemic has further laid bare the racial and geographic disparities experienced by pregnant women and new mothers across the country. Last month we submitted comments in response to CMS’s request for information on improving access and quality of maternal health in rural…

June 12, 2020

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Maggie Clark

Data

Medicaid Coverage in Metro and Small Town/Rural Counties, 2023

Click on a state below to view rates of Medicaid coverage in Metro and Small Town/Rural counties. Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New…

January 14, 2025

Media Coverage

Report Says Illinois Has Made Huge Strides In Health Care For Children

Public News Service By: Veronica Carter According to the new report by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, the rates of insured children nationwide reached a historical high of 95%. In Illinois, between 2013 and 2015, the amount of uninsured children went from 125,000 to 75,000. This ranks Illinois between the lowest uninsured states for…

October 27, 2016

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Ensuring Robust and Resilient Medicaid Programs in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands During Post-Hurricane Recovery and Over the Long Run

On February 9th, Congress enacted the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, which included temporary financial assistance critically needed by the Medicaid programs of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands as the islands struggle to recover from the devastation of Hurricanes Maria and Irma. But Congress should also consider permanent Medicaid financing changes to sustain…

March 16, 2018

By

Edwin Park

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