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This week, Tennessee released a proposal to block grant its Medicaid program based on legislation passed by state lawmakers this past spring. The proposal, entitled Amendment 42, is a radical restructuring of the state’s…
On September 13, Families USA was joined by twenty other national Medicaid stakeholder organizations in a comment letter to the administration on their proposal to rescind the Obama era regulation to ensure providers are…
Families USA submitted the attached comments on Utah's request to receive an enhanced 90-10 federal match for its partial expansion of Medicaid for adults up to 100 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL)…
This blog’s readers know that President Trump’s termination of federal cost-sharing-reduction (CSR) payments in late 2017 had unexpected effects. Intended as a deadly blow to the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) health insurance exchanges, the…
Utah Wastes $6.6 Million Every Month by Refusing to Fully Expand Medicaid In 2018, Utah voters passed Proposition 3, a ballot initiative to fully expand Medicaid. However, the Utah legislature overrode the initiative with…
Families USA submitted this comment letter in response to CMS's request for comment on Indiana's application for a new Section 1115 Medicaid waiver amending its existing waiver, Healthy Indiana Program (HIP). The state’s proposed amendments…
Rachel was diagnosed with a superficial melanoma at 29 and as a result, no insurer would issue her a policy. Her only option for coverage was PCIP. Once the DC Health Exchange opened, she…
Catherine says that she cries every time she sees a story about privatizing Medicare. She is a disabled lung transplant recipient who battles multiple medical conditions and without Medicare, she would die. Before she…
Steve Venick has had a degenerative, genetic, arthritic condition since he was 12 years old. By the time he was 20, his health had deteriorated to the point where despite being 6 feet tall,…
A gynecological surgery meant that Mary Wanalo, 55, would be denied insurance based on a preexisting condition for the next 14 years. Unfortunately, the condition that necessitated the surgery eventually returned. Mary knew she…