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Medicaid Connections Webinar Series
Medicaid is the invisible backbone of advocacy promoting health and well-being for people in low-income jobs. It covers birthing for moms and babies, comprehensive benefits for children, coverage for low-income adults, and it helps keep the lights on at many hospitals that accept all types of insurance. Deep cuts to the program could significantly affect…
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The Supreme Court’s Birthright Citizenship Decision Could Dramatically Impact Newborns’ Access to Health Care
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in the case of Trump v. Barbara, offering the first insight into how the Court will decide the legality of President Trump’s executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants and immigrants who are in the country legally but temporarily (such as,…
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Is Your State Leaving Money on the Table? How CHIP Health Service Initiatives Can Help States Support Children’s Access to Care
At a time when states are facing growing fiscal pressures and increasing strain on health systems, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Health Services Initiatives (HSIs) represent an often overlooked source of federal funding offering flexible financing to support outreach and targeted health initiatives to improve children’s health. This source of federally-matched funding becomes increasingly…
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Fact Checking Homeland Security Claims About Immigrants and Medicaid Coverage and Why U.S. Citizen Children Will Suffer Harsh Consequences
On February 17, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted a statement on X about Medicaid coverage for immigrants that is stunning when you consider how many inaccuracies are crammed into just four sentences. Here are five key inaccuracies in the X post. Mischaracterizing “non-citizen” households The DHS X post reproduces a KFF data graphic…
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Critical Threats to Child and Family Health Intensify in 2026: Here is What We are Watching at CCF
The policy landscape for child and family health has undergone a dramatic transformation following the passage of H.R. 1, the budget reconciliation bill known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and related policy changes enacted during the first year of the Trump administration. As we enter the second year of this administration, the Georgetown…