Financing
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) included a “maintenance of effort” (MOE) provision that has ensured stability of coverage for children in Medicaid and CHIP, even as the rest of the U.S. healthcare system has seen significant change. The MOE—along with coverage expansions for parents and other adults in Medicaid and the Marketplaces – has helped […]
The White House and the House Leadership are hoping to bring a bill to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to the House floor for a vote this week. The bill contains a new section allowing states to waive ACA consumer protections relating to health insurance. It also contains the same cap on […]
There were few details in the recent CBO score on the American Health Care Act (AHCA) as to how the $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid were calculated and where the pain will be felt. That’s because the folks at CBO, like the rest of us, are scratching their heads over where to access the […]
Ok, all you Schoolhouse Rock fans, let’s sing along: “I’m just a Bill. Yes, I’m only a Bill. And I’m sitting here on Capitol Hill. Well, it’s a long, long journey to the Capital City It’s a long, long wait while I’m sitting in committee.” That was true in 1976, when Bill made his debut. […]
By Emily Curran and Dania Palanker, originally posted on CHIRblog On February 7, the House Committee on Small Business held a hearing titled, “Reimagining the Health Care Marketplace for America’s Small Businesses,” to discuss the challenges small businesses are facing in the health insurance marketplaces and to offer potential solutions for the next phase of […]
While most press coverage has focused on repealing the Affordable Care Act and scaling back the Medicaid expansion for adults, a less well-known but extremely damaging effort under consideration by Congress would radically restructure Medicaid financing. Proposals would do this through a block grant or per capita cap designed to save money by limiting federal contributions. (Kaiser just put […]
