As loyal Say Ahhh! readers know, Joan Alker has been a devout Medicaid Section 1115 “waiver watcher” for many, many years. She was happy to share her knowledge on the topic with the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health this week. We’ll have more to say about the issues covered by the hearing in […]
The message from the Supreme Court’s King v. Burwell case yesterday was pretty simple for people interested in following the Medicaid expansion debate in the states. Now that it’s clear access to affordable coverage is here to stay for people above the poverty line, states that haven’t taken the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid funding to extend […]
Acting right on the heels of the historic decision affirming the Affordable Care Act in King v. Burwell, Florida Governor Rick Scott withdrew his lawsuit against the Obama Administration on the state’s Low Income Pool. That was a wise decision in my view, as the suit had no merit (in my purely non-legal opinion). But […]
CCF Executive Director Joan Alker’s testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing entitled “Examining the Administration’s Approval of Medicaid Demonstration Projects.” A video of her testimony is also available here.
Today the Florida House voted down the Senate’s Florida Health Insurance Affordability Exchange plan that would have accepted federal Medicaid funds. The House’s rejection of the Senate plan follows a strong bipartisan vote in that chamber in favor earlier this week of 33-3. Both chambers have large Republican majorities. An estimated 669,000 Floridians will remain […]
By Jon Peacock, Wisconsin Coalition on Children and Families Sooner or later, Wisconsin is going to expand its Medicaid coverage, known as “BadgerCare,” to include all adults up to 138% of the federal poverty level (FPL). The strong public support for expanding coverage and the substantial financial benefits of accepting increased federal funding will eventually […]
