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Medicaid Data Sharing Crisis: Will HHS Break the Law to Help ICE?
When people share information with a health care program, they very reasonably expect their personal information will be used for their health care, and otherwise kept private. However, recent moves by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in Medicaid threaten to violate this trust – and quite possibly a judicial order – to…
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Maximizing the Use of Self-Help Resources Should Be a Priority as HR 1 Policies Are Implemented
As the 41 states that expanded Medicaid to low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act, approach the implementation of H.R. 1’s federally mandated semi-annual renewals, we thought it would be helpful to review how states handled the daunting task of outreach during the unwinding of the pandemic-era Medicaid continuous coverage provision. During the unwinding, we…
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State Title V Programs Should Invest More in Maternal and Infant Health and Wellbeing
A recently released report, The Role of the Title V MCH Services Block Grant in Improving Maternal and Infant Health, examines the fiscal investments for pregnant women and infants made by Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services Block Grant programs in the 59 states and territories. Co-authored by Arden Handler, myself, and Nautica…
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House Republican Study Committee Pushes for Second Budget Reconciliation Bill and More Damaging Medicaid Cuts
On January 13, the House Republican Study Committee (RSC) unveiled its plan for a second budget reconciliation bill for this Congress, in addition to H.R. 1 (the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” or P.L. 119-21) which was enacted on July 4, 2025. The plan includes a number of proposals to cut Medicaid, on top of…
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CMS Weaponizes Fraud Against Medicaid in Minnesota
On January 6, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator, Dr. Mehmet Oz, sent a letter to the Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, notifying him that his state’s Medicaid agency was “operating its program in substantial noncompliance” with federal requirements to “ensure sufficient controls to prevent, detect, and address fraud, waste, and…