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Governor Pence Announces Plans to Expand Medicaid to Hoosiers in the Coverage Gap through Healthy Indiana 2.0

In what I think is a very significant political development, Governor Mike Pence announced his intention to submit a Section 1115 Medicaid waiver proposal to the federal government by the end of June, which would extend coverage to the newly eligible parents and adults below 133% of the federal poverty line. One reason Indiana was…

May 16, 2014

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Joan Alker

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GAO Report Raises Concerns About Waiving Medicaid Transportation Benefits

By Sean Miskell As states debating whether to expand Medicaid (and some that already have) consider changes to their Medicaid programs via 1115 waivers, one proposal that keeps popping up is the elimination of non-emergency medical transportation benefits (NEMT). This week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on state efforts to waive NEMT…

February 24, 2016

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Arkansas Medicaid is Containing Costs Effectively so Why Go Private?

Just saw an interesting press release from Arkansas Medicaid agency on July 12th which says that “Arkansas Medicaid finished State Fiscal Year 2013 just 1.5 percent over the previous year’s spending, marking the program’s lowest annual growth rate in more than three decades.” Thanks to Dylan Scott’s article in Governing Magazine for calling this to…

July 19, 2013

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Joan Alker

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Employer-Sponsored Insurance Declining More Rapidly for Low-Wage Workers

A recent report from the Urban Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation underscores that when it comes to health insurance provided on the job, the less you make the less you get. Take a look at the chart below which illustrates the decline in employer-sponsored coverage by income level. The lowest paid workers –…

May 21, 2012

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Joan Alker

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Blurriness Continues to Swirl Around Role of Navigators vs. Insurance Brokers

In July, HHS Secretary Sebelius responded to an inquiry from a group of Congressmen regarding distinctions between navigators and brokers. The Secretary’s letter clearly articulated that states cannot require navigators to be licensed insurance brokers or agents. The letter provides other helpful clarifications, as well. Unfortunately, some of the wording of the letter has spurred additional…

October 12, 2012

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Tricia Brooks

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CMS Announces 2013 Plans for Connecting Kids to Coverage

CMS has announced plans for continuing its efforts to engage states and stakeholders in its “Connecting Kids to Coverage” Campaign. The re-energized outreach and marketing campaign will include new toolkits, trainings/webinars, organizational and corporate partnership outreach support, earned media support and expertise in reaching key audiences. While efforts will be ongoing, the campaign will also…

November 20, 2012

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Tricia Brooks

CCF-AAP State Snapshots Data Sources

Below is an updated 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…

April 19, 2017

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Permanent 90% Federal Funding for IT Systems Is a Must For States to Achieve Medicaid Modernization

Medicaid modernization is a popular term used by states to describe how they are moving into the digital age to streamline eligibility and enrollment and improve operational efficiency. Technology is at the center of this transformation but the fact that many states have held on to 30-year old mainframe systems suggests that states won’t keep…

April 21, 2015

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Tricia Brooks

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Grace Periods for Failing to Pay Insurance Premiums: What Consumers Need to Know

On July 16, the Obama Administration issued guidance for insurers in the federally facilitated marketplaces (FFMs), clarifying a requirement to provide policyholders receiving premium subsidies with a grace period of up to 90 days if they fail to pay their premiums. How does the grace period work? Under federal rules, insurance companies participating on the FFMs can drop policyholders…

July 29, 2014

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Sabrina Corlette

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Wyoming’s SHARE Plan: Politics and Policy Driving Creation of Governor’s Proposal to use Federal Medicaid Expansion Funding

Wyoming Governor Matt Mead is no fan of the Affordable Care Act. He led the state into joining the multistate suit against the ACA and isn’t shy about sharing his opinion. Despite this, practical considerations around cost and the continuing number of uninsured Wyomingites have led him to carefully construct a state-specific proposal for using…

December 4, 2014

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Adam Searing

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Vermont Preliminary Rate Filings Offers First Look at Exchange Pricing

By Christine Monahan, Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms In the midst of much analysis of the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on health insurance premiums, Vermont became the first state to release preliminary rate filings for plans to be sold in their health insurance exchange in 2014. The good news is that people generally haven’t…

April 4, 2013

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Where Does EPSDT Stand in Post-ACA Medicaid Expansion 1115 Waivers?

In the last few months, CMS has approved Medicaid expansion 1115 waiver demonstrations in Arkansas, Iowa and Michigan. Pennsylvania has a draft 1115 waiver proposal to expand Medicaid out as well. One important question that has emerged is: How will states continue to provide EPSDT and other benefits to 19 and 20 year olds who…

January 30, 2014

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Sonya Schwartz

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All Enrollees Should Contact the Marketplace at Renewal

In recent guidance, CMS revealed its plan for the first round of financial eligibility redeterminations and marketplace plan renewals for the millions of people who enrolled in a qualified health plan (QHP) through Healthcare.Gov. A companion notice of proposed rulemaking would provide both the federal and state-based marketplaces additional flexibility as their systems evolve and mature.…

July 30, 2014

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Tricia Brooks

Research & Reports

Medicaid Managed Care in Florida: Federal Waiver Approval and Implementation

Florida’s new Medicaid plan– called the Managed Medical Assistance program –will move nearly all of the state’s Medicaid beneficiaries into managed-care plans. This new plan, approved in June 2013, is the final chapter in a Medicaid reform effort that is almost a decade old. Drawing on experiences from that decade of experimentation, the new plan…

October 23, 2013

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Jack Hoadley

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Joan Alker

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ACA Turns Five: Reflecting on the Past and Looking Forward to the Future

By Sean Miskell Since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) became law five years ago today, health reform has unfolded in fits and starts amid political opposition and staggered implementation of its insurance market reforms and coverage expansions. But as a result of these occasionally frantic first years of implementation, children and families now have improved…

March 23, 2015

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Budget Deal Kicks “Medicaid Extenders” Down the Road, Adds DSH Delay

Earlier I wrote about progress in the Senate on the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) repeal, or “doc fix,” which passed the Finance committee with the Medicaid extenders intact. Since time was running out for the House and Senate to agree on the exact terms for a permanent SGR fix, the Murray-Ryan budget agreement on…

December 23, 2013

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Elisabeth Wright Burak

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On Medicaid and ACA, Arkansas Lawmakers Choose Practical Step Forward Over Ideological Objections

All eyes— again! — have been on my home state of Arkansas this week as the General Assembly late yesterday passed the “private option,” aka the “Arkansas Plan,” or using Medicaid funds to buy exchange coverage for 250,000 uninsured Arkansans starting next year. This was no small feat, given the structural and political barriers at…

April 18, 2013

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Elisabeth Wright Burak

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Fulfilling the ACA’s Promise

There is no doubt that families are much better off than they were before the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was enacted. Young adults, the most likely age group to be uninsured, can stay on their family’s health plan. Children with cancer will no longer exceed their annual limit on costs or max out their lifetime…

June 3, 2014

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Tricia Brooks

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HHS Launches Exchange Outreach Efforts & Opens the ‘Health Insurance Marketplace’

Sarah Dash, Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms This week, the Department of Health and Human Services began a major push to educate the public about the new health insurance options available to them under the Affordable Care Act, including the newly-named Health Insurance Marketplace (formerly known as the “Federally Facilitated Exchange.”) With just under nine months to…

January 17, 2013

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Media Coverage

Reform Update: CMS’ approval of Ark. Medicaid expansion plan bodes well for other states

Modern Healthcare October 1, 2013 By Steven Ross Johnson The Obama administration’s approval last week of Arkansas’ plan to expand health coverage for low-income residents under the federal healthcare reform law bodes well for several Republican-led states looking to implement their own alternative models for expanding Medicaid. Last week, the CMS granted Arkansas a Medicaid Section 1115…

October 1, 2013

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