2018
Michigan’s Medicaid Work Requirements Bill Will Be Terrible for Family Caregivers
Michigan lawmakers are debating a bill that jeopardizes the Medicaid coverage on which hundreds of thousands of low-income residents rely. While supporters claim the bill will protect people from lo...
View MoreProtecting Medicaid in Kentucky: Q&A with Emily Beauregard
Kentucky’s successful Medicaid expansion is in jeopardy. The Trump administration approved the state’s request to impose work requirements on people who get health coverage through Medicaid which ...
View MoreFour Big Problems with Michigan’s Medicaid Waiver Legislation Aside from the Work Requirement
Today, the Michigan legislature passed a bill that imposes new work and premium requirements on its huge Medicaid expansion population. Families USA and other organizations have written extensively ab...
View MoreBudget Proposal Would Allow States To Drop Medicaid Transportation Benefits Across The Entire Program
Budget Proposal Would Allow States To Drop Medicaid Transportation Benefits Across The Entire Program Without Precedent The need for transportation among Medicaid enrollees is so widespread that e...
View MoreWebinar: Protecting Health Insurance Consumers at the State Level: Short-Term Plans and Beyond
The Trump administration wants to expand the sale of “short-term limited duration plans” that do not have to comply with the consumer protections afforded under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). On...
View MoreNothing Good in Mississippi’s ‘Fix’ for Medicaid Waiver
Mississippi is a state where parents must have extremely low incomes to qualify for Medicaid. And adults without kids who are not elderly cannot qualify for Medicaid at all, adults unless they have So...
View MoreLet’s Untangle the Red Tape in State Medicaid Proposals
Summer isn’t over, but the comment periods for three critical state Medicaid proposals will end before Labor Day. Each of the proposals will mean more red tape and frustrations for families seeking ...
View MoreHealth Care Voters Face Critical Choices in the States in 2018
The health care voter in 2018 will be weighing more than the fate of the Affordable Care Act in Congress. The outcome in many states will determine whether health care options are available for famili...
View MoreFour States to Decide About Medicaid Expansion During Midterm Elections
The fate of Medicaid expansion in Nebraska, Idaho, Utah, and Montana lies in the hands of voters with less than two weeks left until Election Day. Advocates, volunteers, and grassroots organizers ...
View MoreThe Tide is Turning Against Medicaid Work Requirement Waivers
Since July, a grim drumbeat has sounded from Arkansas: thousands of people losing their health insurance every month, disenrolled from Medicaid and “locked out” from rejoining until next year. Thi...
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