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As state health care leaders look to leverage new opportunities to expand Medicaid in 2019, Families USA’s Medicaid Expansion Leadership Team (MELT) is developing resources and guides to assist state health care leaders and policy makers…
In 2020, states that expanded Medicaid will be required to pay for 10 percent of the program’s costs, with the federal government picking up the remaining 90 percent of the costs of Medicaid expansion.…
There are various ways that states can change their Medicaid program. A change that complies with Medicaid law, such as a straight Medicaid expansion like those approved in recent ballot initiatives in Idaho, Nebraska,…
As more states consider expanding Medicaid, it is important for legislators and policy-makers to understand that adding expansion features which require federal approval—like a work requirement —will delay people from receiving health coverage,…
Update 11/07/18: Three states, Idaho, Nebraska, and Utah, passed ballot measures to expand Medicaid. Update 11/01/18: Enrollment begins in Virginia's Medicaid expansion; coverage starts January 1, 2019. One of the most important--and popular--provisions of…
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. This past June Arkansas began…
The benefits of Medicaid coverage for children are wide-ranging, long-lasting, and extend beyond childhood. Compared to uninsured children, children covered by Medicaid have greater access to health services; have better health outcomes; do better…
On November 6th, we saw a “Health Care Wave” sweep across the country altering the balance of power in Washington and across state capitols across the country. Exit polls revealed what we long suspected:…
This webinar discusses the impact of the 2018 elections on health policy at the state and national levels and how the election outcomes are likely to affect health care access for families. It specifically…
Today, in a speech to the National Association of Medicaid Directors, CMS Administrator Seema Verma announced that the Trump Administration is approving Medicaid waivers that impose work requirements on adults. These requirements are a…