What's New

Medicaid Calculator: Is your state considering Medicaid cuts? Families USA has updated our Medicaid Calculator, a tool that you can use to take a proposed state cut in Medicaid spending and calculate the corresponding reduction in business activity, jobs, and wages.  

The Medicaid & SCHIP Action Center keeps you informed on the fight to save Medicaid.

The Waiver Tool Box is designed to help advocates keep track of state Medicaid waivers. It features summaries of current or proposed waivers, state plan amendments, and other resources. 

Medicaid Alert: The Deficit Reduction Act A series of issue briefs that examine how the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) fundamentally alters many aspects of the Medicaid program, key implementation issues, and strategies advocates can use to mitigate the harm this law could cause to people on Medicaid.

From Families USA

Bad Medicine: The President's Medicaid Regulations Will Weaken State Economies The Bush Administration issued seven new Medicaid regulations in 2007 that together will strip an estimated $50 billion in federal funds from states over the next five years. These state-specific reports quantify the impact that these changes will have on state economies. (April 2008)

A Temporary FMAP Increase Is Good Medicine for State Economies and Workers discusses how temporarily increasing the federal matching rate for Medicaid (the FMAP) can stimulate state economies. (April 2008)

From First Focus:

CMS’ Medicaid Regulations: Indications for Children with Special Health Care Needs analyzes each of the new proposed regulations that CMS has issued for Medicaid and CHIP and finds that they will have a disproportionate impact on children with special health care needs. The rules pose a direct threat to programs and services for these children, including public health nurses who  provide care in children’s homes and at their schools. (March 2008)

From the National Health Law Program:

Medicaid Transportation Services discusses states’ coverage of transportation services for Medicaid recipients who have no other means of reaching their health care providers. The fact sheet examines enforcement of the transportation mandate and outlines the best state practices for ensuring that Medicaid recipients have access to this service. (February 2008)

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