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Options for designing a public option

NOTE: This blog was originally published in The RAND Blog on May 28, 2020. State and federal policymakers are considering adding state-backed public options to the individual market in an effort to...

Nebraska Can Use Medicaid to Boost the Economy and Close the COVID-19 Coverage Gap

The COVID-19 crisis is sending Nebraska’s economy into a downward spiral and causing thousands in the state to lose their jobs and job-based health insurance. In response, the state must take immedi...

Telebriefing: COVID19: Policies To Protect Families

The United States is facing its greatest health and economic emergency in more than a century. The rapid spread of COVID-19 has devastated families across the nation. In order to curtail the damage...

California’s Proposed Oral Health Cuts Would Cost the State Billions, Further Harm Those Hardest Hit by COVID-19

California Oral Health Progress and Equity Network (CA OPEN) and Families USA are partnering to explain why cutting California's Medicaid adult dental services is a fiscal misstep and an assault on th...

Early State Trends Signal Massive Surge in Medicaid Enrollment Related to COVID-19

As the COVID-19 crisis worsens, the role of Medicaid as the nation’s health coverage safety net is becoming clearer. With tens of millions of people losing employer-based health insurance, covering ...

COVID-19: What Children Need From Congress to Protect Their Health and Well-Being

As our nation confronts a public health threat greater than any we’ve seen in a century, every person, every patient, every family is struggling to understand and manage the devastating and far-rang...

How the HEROES Act Compares to Key Priorities for Federal Legislation

On May 12, 2020, House leadership released its proposal for the next round of COVID-19 legislation, the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act (H.R. 6800). While the len...

Eliot Fishman & Joe Weissfeld: COVID-19 And Medicaid

[embed]https://youtu.be/J4fSV5cS_DY[/embed] Senior Director of Health Policy, Eliot Fishman, and Director of Medicaid Initiatives, Joe Weissfeld discuss the role of Medicaid in COVID-19 rel...

Kelly Murphy: COVID-19 And Children

[embed]https://youtu.be/qHd4_Wmyl2w[/embed] Director of Early Childhood & Maternal Health, Kelly Murphy discusses COVID-19's impact on children.

Lisa Hunter: COVID-19 And Strategic Partnerships

[embed]https://youtu.be/6rL0Op34Rbs[/embed] Families USA's Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships, Lisa Hunter, discusses how the three priorities for COVID-19 Legislation: Coverage, State...