All things Medicaid financing, regulation and legislation.
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Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements: More than Meets the Eye
Republicans from President Trump on down are trying to hide the ball on how much they want to cut federal Medicaid payments to states and how they would go about doing so. But as my colleague Edwin Park has explained, they are working from the same playbook as they used in 2017 during the first…
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Parents and Health Care Providers Value Medicaid
The groundswell of support for Medicaid that has recently come to the surface may have been surprising to those targeting the health coverage program for cuts but it is not surprising to those of us who conduct Medicaid research. Medicaid, together with the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) insures over 37 million children. Medicaid, the…
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Medicaid Helps Families of Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
In partnership, the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families and Family Voices, —a national nonprofit led by families and friends of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) and disabilities—are sharing perspectives from families whose children have special health care needs and disabilities and are covered by Medicaid. In a survey conducted…
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Medicaid Helps Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
In Partnership with: Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) Depend on Medicaid Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) are defined as children who have chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional conditions and who also require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by children…
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Medicaid and CHIP Rules on Chopping Block
As my colleague Edwin Park has written, the House Budget Committee “menu” of Medicaid cuts includes rescinding regulations promulgated by the Biden Administration. Of particular interest to readers of SayAhhh!, the menu includes rescinding the Medicaid and CHIP eligibility and enrollment rule and the two companion rules on improving access to care in fee-for-service and…