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Families USA’s Eliot Fishman’s HealthCare Repeal Lawsuit Decision Response

Senior Director of Health Policy at Families USA Eliot Fishman's response to the US 5th Circuit Court of Appeal's Decision on the #HealthCareRepealLawsuit. #HealthCareSabotage...

Families USA’s response to the Supreme Court’s Public Charge Rule decision

Families USA's Eliot Fishman responds to the Supreme Court's decision to let the Public Charge Rule take effect....

Families USA’s Response To Work Requirements Federal Appeals Court Block

On Friday, February 14th, a federal appeals court panel in Washington upheld a lower court’s decision that blocked the Trump administration’s #WorkRequirements for #Medicaid recipients. In the w...

For Utah, A Work Requirement by Any Other Name … Will Still Be Struck Down in Court

To date, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved Medicaid work requirement waivers in 11 states, accepting these states’ various justifications for adding onerous require...

Federal Comment Letter on “Georgia Pathways to Coverage” 1115 Waiver

Families USA submitted this letter in response to CMS’s request for comments on Georgia’s proposal for a new section 1115 waiver to create a new Medicaid eligibility group and add a number of prov...

Healthy Adult Opportunity: An Empty Promise from the Trump Administration

On January 30, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its long-rumored guidance on Medicaid block grants. This letter to state Medicaid directors invites states to restructure...

Nebraska’s Proposed Medicaid Reporting Requirements: A Costly Burden on the State’s Government

In Nebraska, Governor Ricketts is proposing a complex set of reporting requirements and bureaucratic hurdles as part of the long-delayed implementation of Nebraska’s voter-approved Medicaid expansio...

Families USA’s Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation Comment Letter

For more than 50 years, the Medicaid program provides various ways in which states can pay for part of their share of Medicaid spending outside of use of general funds. Recently proposed regulations -...

Webinar: Medicaid Block Grants – Hurting Families and Hurting States

CMS released guidance on January 30 encouraging states to block grant their Medicaid program. This guidance will give states the green light to fundamentally change the nature of their Medicaid progra...

Connecting Systems that Serve Children to Improve Their Health and Wellbeing

There are several key programs, services, and supports that should be included when developing a broad strategy to improve children’s health and wellbeing. This publication identifies some of the le...