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Voices of Care: Celeste and Larry

This blog is part of an ongoing series of stories from people across the country who would be negatively affected by the ACA repeal bill currently being negotiated in Congress. If Congress repeal...

The Fight to Stop the Senate Repeal Bill Is Far from Over

By now you’ve heard that the Senate will not be voting this week on the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), their heartless plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), decimate Medicaid, and ...

Senate Repeal Plan Could Hurt States’ Credit Ratings

While states are balancing their budgets and beginning a new fiscal year on July 1, credit rating agencies are warning that the new health care repeal plan could put a dent in future credit ratings fo...

Advocates Should Comment on Radical Maine and Utah Medicaid Waiver Proposals

A growing number of states are using the waiver process to make fundamental changes to the Medicaid program. Many of these waivers set a dangerous precedent for the Medicaid program and affect the ent...

Trump Administration Will Approve Work Requirements in Medicaid

Today, in a speech to the National Association of Medicaid Directors, CMS Administrator Seema Verma announced that the Trump Administration is approving Medicaid waivers that impose work requirements ...

What Maine’s Medicaid Expansion Victory Means for Health Care

Last night, Maine voters took control at the ballot box to expand health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion. The decisive win--with nearly 60 percent of the vote-- shows ...

Drug Testing in Medicaid Is Illegal and Hurts the People Who Need Help Most

Recently, the state of Wisconsin submitted an application to the federal government seeking Medicaid waiver authority to make drug testing a condition of eligibility for the state’s adult Medicaid...

Congress Should Act Immediately to Address Health Crises in Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands

Today, Families USA and 125 community, provider, labor, and patient organizations sent a letter urging Congress to take immediate action to address the post-hurricane health crises in Puerto Rico an...

Medicaid Work Requirements Aren’t About Work, They’re About Taking Health Care Away From Low-Income Americans

This op-ed originally appeared in The Hill In early January, the Trump administration’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) directed states to deny adults Medicaid coverage if they can...

Medicaid Waivers: Webinar on Work Requirements and Beyond (Webinar video from January 31, 2018)

On January 31, Families USA staff held a webinar about how state advocates can address Medicaid waiver proposals that include work requirements and other restrictions. View webinar. Our experts revi...