has transformed health care for low-income families and individuals, especially children, pregnant mothers, parents and children with disabilities and special health care needs.
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Combined Impact of Medicaid Cuts Under Consideration Would End Expansion and Take Away Coverage for Nearly 21 Million Low-Income People
In analyzing the draconian Medicaid cuts under consideration by House Republicans for inclusion in budget reconciliation legislation, it is often easier to examine each specific proposal in isolation. But it is important to also take a step back and look at how these proposals would interact with each other. In doing so, it is virtually…
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How Would Changes to Federal Medicaid Expansion Funding Impact People in “Trigger” States and Those with Expansion Enshrined in State Constitutions?
Congress is currently considering draconian cuts to Medicaid that would mean millions of low-income Americans lose access to affordable health care. But both the type of federal cuts and how the joint state-federal Medicaid program operates in each state mean that the impact on people living in different states would vary considerably. The major difference…
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Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements – Even with Exemptions – Will Have Significant Consequences for People with Substance Use Disorders
As highlighted on Say Ahhh! earlier this month, Congress continues to consider imposing work reporting requirements on people who get their health coverage through Medicaid. As a practical matter, one thing is clear: the only purpose of this proposal is to terminate Medicaid coverage for the most vulnerable Americans. Work reporting requirements in public benefit…
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Cuts to ACA’s Medicaid Expansion Under Consideration by Congress would Lead to Large Coverage Losses Hitting some States Harder than Others
Next week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee is expected to consider fast-track budget reconciliation legislation that could cut Medicaid by as much as $880 billion over 10 years or more. This level of cuts to Medicaid is unprecedented and if enacted would mean tens of millions of children, parents, seniors, people with disabilities and…
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New State-by-State Estimates of the Federal Funding Cuts from Imposing a Per Capita Cap on the Medicaid Expansion
I previously warned about how imposing a per capita cap on the Medicaid expansion would effectively lead to a sharp cut to the current 90 percent matching rate for the 40 states and the District of Columbia that have adopted the expansion. This would shift significant costs to states, force them to drop their expansions…