By Keanan Lane One of the best ways to promote health care access is through health insurance; however, health care access is not the ultimate goal. Ultimately, the hope is for health care to help individuals lead healthy and productive lives. A NBER Working Paper sheds light on public insurance’s role in promoting both of […]
Federal funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is set to expire in September 2015 without Congressional action. At a time when we have made health care coverage a possibility for all Americans, we must ensure that children don’t get left behind. Say Ahhh! readers know that CHIP covers millions of children that could […]
By Martha Heberlein CMS released new MAGI-based eligibility thresholds effective April 1, and plans to release updated eligibility thresholds once a quarter. The idea is to confirm with the states that the FFM is using the correct threshold for assessing/determining eligibility in the states. So each quarter, they’re surveying the states as to what they […]
By Keanan Lane A recent study appearing in JAMA provides further insight into the effects of cost sharing on patients with chronic illnesses, finding that higher amounts resulted in greater delays of necessary treatments. Parents were surveyed about financial pressure they felt in treating their children’s asthma and whether, in the presence of financial pressure, […]
As we at CCF begin to dig into the future of CHIP—which stands to go away if funds are not renewed before next September—we thought it would make sense to refresh Say Ahhh! readers (and ourselves!) about how the financing works so we can more thoughtfully contemplate what happens if Congress does or does not […]
By Martha Heberlein As my colleague, Tricia Brooks, noted a few weeks ago, MAGI-based renewals are upon us in many states (save those that have delayed them, which we talked more about in a separate blog). And buried within the ACA is a little-known provision that specifically protects children who were enrolled in Medicaid (but […]
