Medicaid 2025
All things Medicaid financing, regulation and legislation.
Statement by Joan Alker on Released Draft House Budget Resolution
The following is a statement by Joan Alker, Executive Director of the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy Center for Children and Families, on the release of the House Budget Resolution February 12, 2025FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Statement by Joan Alker, Executive Director of the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families “In conflict with […]
Medicaid: 50-State Snapshots
Click on a state below to view its fact sheet. Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode […]
Frequently Asked Questions about the Medicaid & CHIP Eligibility and Enrollment Rule
On March 27, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final regulation addressing eligibility and enrollment in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), titled “Streamlining the Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program, and Basic Health Program Application, Eligibility Determination, Enrollment, and Renewal Processes” (“E&E Rule”). The E&E Rule streamlines Medicaid […]
Webinar: What Medicaid Cuts Would Mean for Indian Country
The Georgetown University Center for Children and Families (CCF) and the National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH) hosted a webinar on the potential impacts of proposed federal Medicaid cuts on American Indian and Alaska Native communities. This webinar was open to the press, tribal leaders, health advocates, policymakers, and anyone interested in understanding the […]
Medicaid Provider Taxes: A Critical Source of Medicaid Funding for States
As my colleague Edwin Park has detailed, House Republican leaders are considering draconian cuts to Medicaid that would decimate the program. Among the House Budget Committee’s list of options for Medicaid cuts being considered is a restriction on states’ current ability to use provider taxes to help finance their share of the cost of Medicaid. […]
Statement by Joan Alker Calling on Trump Administration to Clarify Whether or Not OMB Memo M-25-13 Would Pause Medicaid and CHIP Funds
The following is a statement by Joan Alker, Executive Director of the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy Center for Children and Families, in response to the OMB Memo January 28, 2025FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Statement by Joan Alker, Executive Director of the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families “Last night, a memo (M-25-13) from […]