2017

Per Capita Caps in Medicaid: Shifting Health Care Costs to the States

Changing Medicaid to a per capita cap payment system would radically change the way the program has been funded since 1965. It’s a change that would shift costs and risks to states and children, sen...

Lower-Income Families See Healthcare Costs Soar in House Repeal Bill

See also: Seniors' Premiums Skyrocket under House Repeal Bill

Work Requirements in Medicaid: A Bad Idea

A work requirement in Medicaid is not only a bad idea, it’s unnecessary and counterproductive. It would not help move low-income people out of poverty and may actually increase po...

Cutting Medicaid Would Hurt Rural America

Medicaid is critical to the fabric of rural America. Rural residents in communities across America rely on Medicaid to get health coverage. Medicaid also helps rural hospitals keep their doors open...

Cutting Medicaid Would Hurt Veterans

Efforts in Congress to cut Medicaid jeopardize a critical source of health coverage for veterans. Approximately 1.75 million veterans—nearly 1 in 10—have Medicaid as a source of coverage.1 This c...

Does the Senate Bill Really Protect People with Pre-Existing Conditions?

As many as 1 in 2 people in this country have at least one preexisting health condition. Prior to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), these individuals were routinely discriminated against by insurers. Tod...

Section 1115 Waivers: Limits and Overreach

Section 1115 of the Social Security Act gives the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) the discretion to let states waive certain Medicaid requirements to carry out an “experimental, pilot o...

Alaska’s Reinsurance 1332 Waiver: An Approach that Can Work

The recent approval of Alaska’s 1332 waiver1 to fund a reinsurance system shows an approach that other states could also take under current law to lower premiums in their marketplaces and better di...

Amendments to House GOP Repeal Bill Only Leave Consumers Worse Off

Late last night the House GOP released a new version of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) – just two days before the full House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the repeal bill. As now w...