Medicaid
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Medicaid Provides Stability During Turbulent Economic Times
Medicaid is the largest source of public health insurance coverage, covering nearly 80 million people, so it goes without saying that Medicaid is incredibly important all of the time. However, Medicaid is especially important during economic downturns. When families face tough times, Medicaid is there to provide the extra support they need to get by.…
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Webinar: Medicaid’s Effect on Mental Health, Physical Health, and Financial Well-being
Dr. Sarah Miller will provide an overview of the extensive research showing how Medicaid coverage helps individuals, especially children and families, reach better health outcomes in multiple areas, improves income and financial well-being, and positively affects other aspects of life. There will be a question and answer period after the presentations. Dr. Sarah Miller is…
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Black Maternal Health Week 2025: Healing Legacies: Strengthening Black Maternal Health Through Collective Action and Advocacy
The Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA) founded Black Maternal Health Week, which is celebrated annually from April 11 to 17 during National Minority Health Month. Black Maternal Health Week amplifies the voices of Black mamas and brings awareness to Black-led maternal health and reproductive justice organizations that advocate for policy change and community-based solutions to…
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Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements Under Consideration by Congress Put People with Disabilities, Cancer, and Those Impacted by the Opioid Crisis at Risk
As Congress considers cutting Medicaid to finance President Trump’s legislative agenda, one of the proposals that appears to have a great deal of support from Republicans is the imposition of a punitive work reporting requirement as a condition of Medicaid eligibility. I have long held the view that this approach is deeply flawed for a…
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Voices from Ohio: The Harm of Medicaid Work Requirements
As Congress considers imposing a mandatory work reporting requirement (WRR) on adults in Medicaid as part of their drive to impose large federal cuts to Medicaid, Ohio is the first state during the second Trump Administration to request Section 1115 demonstration authority to impose a WRR on its ACA Medicaid expansion group. Ohioans are speaking…
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Medicaid Cuts Would Weaken Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities and Developmental Delays
Yesterday the House reconfirmed its intent to make massive cuts to Medicaid after the Senate rubber stamped the plan last week. Despite repeated polls – including one from President Trump’s polling firm Fabrizio Ward – showing large majorities of American voters do not want to see Medicaid cut, Congress is moving full steam ahead to…
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Supporting Caregivers Means Supporting Medicaid
In Partnership with While many mistakenly believe Medicare is the primary source of health coverage for home or nursing care over a long period, the reality is that Medicaid serves as the backbone of our country’s long-term care system. Medicaid is the primary source of funding for long-term care in the U.S., paying well over…
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Medicaid, SNAP, and WIC Work Together to Help Families – Draconian Cuts Would Decrease Access to All
The National WIC Association, Urban Institute, and the Commonwealth Fund have all recently written about the economic impact of cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program. WIC is a supplemental nutrition program that is specifically for moms and babies. In January, the media released a leaked…
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2025 Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility, Enrollment, and Renewal Policies Survey Released by KFF and CCF
During the unwinding of the COVID-related freeze on disenrollments in Medicaid, states were required to renew health insurance for all 94 million enrollees. The focus on Medicaid renewal processes during the unwinding revealed their complexity and inefficiencies in the system. With states facing an unprecedented volume of work and eligibility worker shortages, CMS provided new…
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Webinar: How Medicaid Supports Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities and Developmental Delays
The Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, ZERO TO THREE, and IDEA Infant & Toddler Coordinators Association held a webinar Wednesday, April 2nd This webinar is free and open to the public. Why it matters: Medicaid is a key source of funding for IDEA Part C Early Intervention programs in most states. Early intervention…
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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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Happy 15th Birthday, ACA
Fifteen years ago this month, President Obama signed into law the two bills that together make up the Affordable Care Act (ACA). It was, to borrow a phrase, a BFD. In a blog, on the occasion of a previous birthday, my colleague Joan Alker methodically laid out just how big a deal the ACA was…
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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…
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New Data Highlights How Medicaid Supports Student Success in School Districts Across the Country
Research consistently shows that Medicaid coverage in childhood has long-term benefits for children, schools and society including supporting student success. A Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis found that childhood Medicaid coverage also has a positive effect on the U.S. economy with long-term fiscal effects including boosting gross domestic product (GDP). For a better understanding of…
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Medicaid Fraud: The Improper Use of Improper Payments
Welcome to another installment on the misuse of the Medicaid “improper payments” metric. This conversation began in 2018, then continued in 2020, 2022, and this year. For those just joining, Brian Blase of the Paragon Institute and his colleague, Rachel Greszler of the Economic Policy Innovation Center, have launched yet another misguided assault on federal…
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How Medicaid Supports Seniors and People with Disabilities and Their Caregivers
In Partnership with Medicaid Supports the Health and Economic Well-Being of Paid and Unpaid Caregivers and is Vital to Older Adults and People with Disabilities Medicaid is essential to the health and wellbeing of people in the United States at every stage of life. Medicaid is much more than a health insurance program: it is…
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Medicaid Provides Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities and Developmental Delays
Medicaid is a Key Source of Funding for the Part C Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities Program of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) or Early Intervention The two programs work together to provide effective early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities and developmental delays. Medicaid covers more than 40% of births…
