Emerging Issues
The Tennessee “Shared Savings” Waiver: Not a Medicaid Block Grant
As our colleague Edwin Park has explained, there is keen interest on the part of some Congressional Republican leaders in capping federal Medicaid payments to states, ideally by converting Medicaid from a health insurance program into a block grant. Currently, the federal government matches state spending for the costs of health and long-term care services […]
House Republicans Actively Considering Deep and Damaging Cuts to Medicaid
As we have previously written, since the November election, Congressional Republican leaders have been increasingly open about their intent to make deeply damaging cuts to Medicaid. Now, at a caucus retreat on January 4th, House Republicans actively discussed policy options to cut federal Medicaid spending — including converting Medicaid to a per capita cap — […]
The Budget Resolution and Reconciliation Process Explained
In early 2021, we wrote about the basic rules for passing legislation in the House versus the Senate and how the budget reconciliation process allows certain legislation to move forward with approval from a simple majority of Senators rather than be subject to the filibuster and the usual three-fifths or 60-vote threshold. Given recent reports […]
Webinar: Federal Medicaid Cuts & What’s at Stake for State Budgets and Families
The Georgetown University Center for Children and Families (CCF) held a special virtual session of our new Child Medicaid Policy Institute (CMPI) on Tuesday, December 17 at 2 pm ET. What: CMPI seeks to educate health advocates, providers, other stakeholders, and policymakers on the fundamentals of the Medicaid program and its importance for children, families, and […]
Webinar: How Medicaid Works & What’s at Stake in 2025
The Georgetown University Center for Children and Families held a special session of our new Child Medicaid Policy Institute on Tuesday, December 10. The Child Medicaid Policy Institute seeks to educate child health advocates, providers, stakeholders, and policymakers on the fundamentals of the Medicaid program and its importance for children, families, and other low-income individuals. […]
Congressional Republican Leaders Start to Show Their Hand: Draconian Medicaid Cuts on the Agenda for Next Year
I have been warning for months that Medicaid would be on the chopping block if there is a second term of the Trump Administration and if Congressional Republicans win House and Senate majorities in 2025. That is because the Project 2025 blueprint, the fiscal year 2025 Republican Study Committee budget plan, and the fiscal year […]
