Analyses

Medicaid expansion in Oklahoma: Creating jobs, Helping the State Budget, and Protecting Families

The COVID-19 recession, aggravated by worldwide drops in oil prices, has eliminated hundreds of thousands of Oklahoma jobs. Oklahoma voters have the opportunity to take a major step to address these s...

Public Options and Other Policies to Lower Health Insurance Premiums Need Guardrails to Protect Low- and Moderate-Income Consumers

The RAND Corporation, in collaboration with Families USA's National Center for Coverage Innovation and leading national actuarial firms, just released a groundbreaking analysis of public options in th...

Video Storytelling: Medicaid Expansion Can Help Missouri Combat the COVID-19 Crisis

Note: Be sure to click on the links to see Missourians explain why the state needs to expand Medicaid. Medicaid Expansion Can Help Missouri Combat the COVID-19 Crisis Medicaid expansion has neve...

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...

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...

Without Bold Congressional Action, Major Losses in Health Coverage Will Accelerate the Spread of Untreatable, Deadly COVID-19

COVID-19’s spread and the resulting economic collapse have moved with blinding speed. The first American died of COVID-19 on March 1. By May 1— just two months later — 63,000 had lost their live...

Unemployment Insurance Websites Are Not Telling Laid-Off Workers About Available Health Programs, Despite Enormous Losses of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance

Millions of laid-off workers and their families need health insurance. Since mid-March, an estimated 33 million newly unemployed workers filed new claims for unemployment insurance (UI). Experts proje...

During COVID-19 Health and Financial Crises, States Should Act Now to Protect Families from Surprise Medical Bills

As our nation confronts a public health and economic threat greater than any we’ve seen in a century, every family is struggling to understand and manage the devastating and far-ranging effects of C...