Medicaid
has transformed health care for low-income families and individuals, especially children, pregnant mothers, parents and children with disabilities and special health care needs.
Medicaid Continuous Coverage Extended with Renewal of the PHE
The Biden administration has extended the public health emergency (PHE) for 90 days, from October 18, 2021 through January 16, 2022. What does this mean for Medicaid? First, the maintenance of effort provisions in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act remain in effect until January 31, 2022 (the end of the month after the PHE […]
Research Update: Medicaid/CHIP are Critical Resources for Children with Special Health Care Needs
Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) together provide coverage for nearly half of the 13.9 million children with special health care needs, who have or are at higher risk of developing chronic conditions and have greater health care needs than children overall. As Congress considers additional funding to improve and expand Medicaid home […]
Kids with Gaps in Coverage Have Less Access to Care
Last week, we blogged about the 1 in 10 children who were uninsured at some point during the course of the recent uptick in uninsured children and how requiring 12-month continuous eligibility in both Medicaid and CHIP could help reduce racial, income, and geographic disparities in kids’ insurance coverage. This week, we’re taking another look […]
New Toolkit Highlights ARPA Funding Opportunities for Maternal and Early Childhood Health Priorities
The American Rescue Plan made billions available for state and local governments to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, including significant investments in programs that support children and families. The National Collaborative for Infants and Toddlers (BUILD) recently released an important new toolkit to help state advocates and policymakers make sense of funding opportunities through the […]
One Year of Postpartum Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Included in House Budget Reconciliation Plan
An important policy change to advance maternal health equity secured a spot in the Build Back Better Act, the budget reconciliation legislation currently under consideration in Congress. Pregnant people covered by Medicaid and CHIP would receive a full year of postpartum coverage, regardless of which state they live in. The bill requires that all states […]
Why is Medicaid/CHIP Continuous Eligibility So Important for Kids?
As readers of SayAhhh! know, the number of uninsured kids was going down for many years, but during the Trump administration starting going back up – rising to 5.7 percent child uninsured rate in 2019. While children are insured at higher rates than non-elderly adults, they still lag considerably behind seniors – who with Medicare […]