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Important Early Funding Opportunities for States Emerging from Health Reform

By Joe Touschner We’ve said it before, but it bears repeating–we don’t have to wait until 2014 to expand access to health coverage or to get started on reform efforts. Medicaid and CHIP coverage is already available to most of the nation’s uninsured kids (and it’s time to get them enrolled). Important benefits of the…

June 22, 2010

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Getting it Right: State Policymakers Identify 10 Steps to Successful Implementation of Federal Health Reform

The National Academy of State Health Policy (NASHP) is an independent academy of state health policymakers working together to identify emerging issues, develop policy solutions, and improve state health policy and practice. Recently, its executive committee identified ten aspects of health reform that states must get right in order to successfully implement federal health reform.…

June 14, 2010

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Tricia Brooks

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Covering Kids & Families Coalitions Know Important Lessons for Health Reform

In 1997, just months before Congress enacted the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) announced a national grant program called “Covering Kids.” The concept was to overcome hurdles to Medicaid enrollment and retention through outreach, policy and procedural simplifications and coordination of coverage between programs. With the creation of CHIP,…

May 19, 2010

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Tricia Brooks

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Health Reform’s Maternity Coverage – Best Gift an Expectant Mother Could Receive

By Amanda Jezek, March of Dimes Health reform is giving pregnant women throughout the U.S. a far more valuable package than anything they could ever unwrap at a baby shower — access to maternity coverage. Coverage for maternity care is crucial because, without it, women face much more difficulty in obtaining needed health services. Women…

May 12, 2010

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#4 BEING THE FINAL PART (REALLY) OF THE “WHITHER PREMIUM ASSISTANCE ” SERIES

Where we left off: I was musing that the new CHIPRA options to do premium assistance may not prove to be all that much more attractive than the existing ones. Some states may reconfigure their programs (if they can) to qualify for the performance bonus. So far there hasn’t been a rush to pick up…

May 3, 2010

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BEING THE THIRD (BUT NOT FINAL) PART OF “WHITHER PREMIUM ASSISTANCE”

So in the almost final installment of my musings on premium assistance, I am going to cover two issues and then wrap up this scintillating series (I hope – this might get toooooo long and we may have to go to Part 4 which would ruin my whole LOTR analogy.). The first question is about…

April 28, 2010

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BEING THE SECOND PART OF THE “WHITHER PREMIUM ASSISTANCE”

Welcome to Part 2 of my musings about the state of premium assistance. Part 1 left us with the teaser that CHIPRA includes new premium assistance options, which the new health reform law incorporates and expands to all Medicaid beneficiaries as of January 1, 2014. So let’s take some time to explore where things stand…

April 22, 2010

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Whither Premium Assistance??? (Part 1)

I started studying premium assistance programs in Medicaid and CHIP a decade ago with a large dose of skepticism. The idea of buying private coverage with public dollars when it is more expensive and typically covers fewer benefits than Medicaid struck me as a bad deal for beneficiaries and taxpayers alike. In many cases this…

April 21, 2010

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Joan Alker

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Early Wins for Children and Families in Health Reform Highlighted

Today, CCF released a new issue brief that takes a look at some of the most immediate changes in health reform for children and families. While many of the sweeping changes to the insurance industry and other major provisions do not go into effect until 2014, children have some much earlier “wins” to look forward…

April 13, 2010

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VA Families Can Breathe Easier as FAMIS Cuts Were Averted

By John McInerney, Health Policy Director, The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis Families in Virginia can breathe a bit easier these days, as efforts by Governor Bob McDonnell and the House of Delegates to tighten eligibility in the states’ CHIP program have failed. Virginia’s program is called Family Access to Medical Insurance Security (FAMIS), and it…

April 7, 2010

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It Happened One Night

By Donna Cohen Ross, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities All in one night — February 11 — 10,484 eligible children were enrolled into Louisiana’s Medicaid program. Are you trying to imagine this? If so, you’re probably picturing mile-long lines of children winding through Baton Rouge, parents in tow, clutching packets of forms and documents. …

April 6, 2010

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As House Heads Toward Climactic Vote, the Final Details of the Health Reform Package Emerge

By Jocelyn Guyer Yesterday, the House of Representatives released a “reconciliation” or “fix it” bill with final changes to the health reform package. With these changes, we can now get a complete picture of what health reform could mean for America’s families and children. The $940 billion package would cover 32 million uninsured people through Exchanges and…

March 19, 2010

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Medicaid Fiscal Relief Q&A

The new game in DC these days seems to be naming every other bill coming out of Congress a “jobs bill.” While the provisions in each of these bills may indeed focus on job creation, it has become nearly impossible to keep the different bills straight. It becomes particularly perplexing when tracking an issue many…

March 18, 2010

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Health Reform Expected to Be Moving Next Week in House; Prospects for Fiscal Relief Remain Good

By Jocelyn Guyer Brace yourselves for a hectic few weeks leading up to the Congressional recess. According to CQ, House leadership is preparing for a possible final vote on health reform as soon as next week. It is still unclear whether or not they have the votes to pass the measure, which would actually be…

March 12, 2010

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An Update on State Fiscal Relief: Momentum is Building

By Jocelyn Guyer The pressure to extend the temporary increase in the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for Medicaid included in last year’s stimulus bill is building. Widely credited with helping states through one of the worst fiscal crises on record, the provision also has been vital in stabilizing Medicaid coverage for children and others…

March 4, 2010

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White House Health Care Summit

5:30 pm Signing off Thanks for taking the time to follow the health reform summit. At CCF, we’re anxious to hear your reaction to the summit and what it means for the prospects of health reform and its impact on children and families. For a transcript of the health reform summit, visit Kaiser health news. Don’t forget to…

February 25, 2010

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CHIPRA Strengthening Quality of Children’s Health Care

Charlie Homer President and CEO, National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality In this time of agonizing about broad health care reform, I take solace in celebrating the passage of CHIPRA (the Child Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act) just over a year ago, and focusing on its productive implementation. CHIPRA not only expanded access to health insurance…

February 23, 2010

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President Obama Releases Roadmap to Health Care Reform

Just as Washington is finally thawing out from under all the snow, it seems that health reform was dug out too with the release today of President Obama’s health reform proposal. The President’s plan sets the stage for the bipartisan health reform summit that the White House is convening on Thursday. In an effort to…

February 22, 2010

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Express Lane Eligibility: Time to Put On Our Thinking Caps

Express Lane Eligibility (ELE) is a relatively simple concept. There are millions of uninsured children eligible for Medicaid and enrolled in other public programs, like school lunch or food stamps. Since they serve the same populations and families have already submitted relevant information, we can create connections between the programs in order help more children…

February 16, 2010

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Health Care in the President’s Budget: Extension of ARRA FMAP Increase

While there hasn’t been much good news coming out of Washington lately on the health care front, the President’s newly released FY 2011 budget offers some positive developments. Most notably, the budget proposes $25.5 billion to extend the temporary FMAP increase for another six months, through June 2011. The FMAP increase and its accompanying maintenance…

February 2, 2010

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