It’s hard to keep up with the rapid progress in the number of states seeking federal approval to adopt multi-year continuous coverage for children covered by Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Since we last took stock, North Carolina and Hawaii have proposed 1115 waivers to adopt continuous eligibility for children from birth […]
There is a large and growing body of research demonstrating the long-term benefits of Medicaid coverage during childhood and during pregnancy. This includes better health and lower incidence of disability in adulthood, higher educational attainment, and greater earnings and intergenerational mobility. Now, in a new working paper, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has conducted an […]
Download Report PDF Introduction Data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) for 2022 finds that the number of uninsured children continued to decline over the pandemic period – most likely as a consequence of the continuous coverage protection in Medicaid put in place by one of the first COVID-19 rescue packages, the […]
On November 8, 2023, on an unanimous 26-0 vote, the Senate Finance Committee approved the Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act. The bill includes a number of Medicare and Medicaid provisions but also incorporates two sound Medicaid drug pricing provisions related to “spread pricing” in Medicaid managed care and to Medicaid pharmacy […]
As rates of maternal mortality have risen in the United States, maternal mortality review committees (MMRCs) have been an important tool to understand why these maternal deaths occur. State MMRCs consist of multidisciplinary representatives to review deaths that occur during or within a year of pregnancy. In our recent 12-state scan of Medicaid MCO performance […]
Since Medicaid unwinding of the continuous coverage requirement has begun, net child Medicaid enrollment has fallen by more than two million and overall net Medicaid enrollment has declined by more than five million. We have received some questions about how we calculate these net enrollment figures as well as the basis of other unwinding data […]
