By Jesse Cross-Call, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities New Hampshire’s legislature has passed and Governor Maggie Hassan has signed into law legislation that will expand Medicaid as part of health reform effective July 1. This means that combined with Michigan, where expansion takes effect tomorrow, an additional 600,000 uninsured people will be newly eligible for […]
As you know, we, and many others, have had concerns about Governor Corbett’s Healthy PA proposal, which is currently open for public comment at the federal level. While we and other groups commenting support the intent of the state to move forward, the proposal has many problems. The deadline to comment is Friday, April 11th […]
By Marsha Simon, Ph.D. Two days before the start of the new year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services sent a letter to Iowa’s Medicaid Director informing her that Iowa’s request to expand Medicaid by using federal funds (provided under the Affordable Care Act) to purchase private insurance was officially approved. A little noticed piece of […]
It’s still cold here in New Hampshire, with more than a foot of hard-packed snow covering the ground. But that didn’t stop the Republican-led Senate from warming up to the idea of expanding Medicaid to cover an estimated 50,000 Granite Staters. The proposal moves over to the House, where representatives are expected to support the […]
It’s official! Pennsylvania’s Section 1115 Medicaid Research and Demonstration waiver application has been certified as complete by the federal government and is now open for a 30-day comment period. This is basically the list of concessions Governor Corbett wants from CMS in exchange for accepting ACA Medicaid funding to cover more uninsured Pennsylvanians. The proposal […]
As readers of SayAhhh! know, Governor Corbett of Pennsylvania is currently revising a Section 1115 Medicaid waiver proposal to extend Medicaid coverage to the newly eligible low-income adults in his state. That would be great news if it weren’t such a problematic proposal (as I have blogged about before). The state took public comments on […]
