Insights Column 03.25.2019
Medicaid Plans Under Scrutiny
State health plans for families are under scrutiny – in the courts, in the states, and in Washington. It is hard to think of a time when the Medicaid program was getting so much…
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Webinar 03.25.2019
Video: Medicaid Proposals Facing Scrutiny
From Trump administration block grant proposals, to work requirements in the federal courts, to the waiver restrictions faced in the Capitol hallways of West Virginia; Medicaid waivers are under scrutiny. Speakers examine what's happening…
Report 03.11.2019
Trump’s 2020 Budget: Revisiting “Repeal and Replace” and Adding New Cuts to Medicare and Medicaid
The Administration’s proposed budget is in part a return to policies that Americans have overwhelmingly rejected. It proposes to gut core insurance protections, end the expansion of Medicaid to low income adults, and block…
Fact Sheet 02.06.2019
The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on State Budgets
States’ experience shows that Medicaid expansion at the enhanced federal match can generate state savings across multiple budget areas. Those savings can be substantial, offsetting most or all of the state’s share of expansion…
Insights Column 02.01.2019
Utah Legislators are Hiding the Ball in Effort to Repeal Voter-Approved Medicaid Expansion Ballot
The Utah Senate approved a bill this week that would repeal and replace the voter-approved Medicaid expansion ballot initiative, Proposition 3, which passed with 54 percent of the vote in Utah’s election this past November. Proposition…
Insights Column 01.24.2019
Medicaid Waivers Restricting Adult Eligibility: A Legal And Political Update
NOTE: This blog was orginally published in Health Affairs on January 24, 2019. Following the new Trump administration’s public solicitation of work requirement waivers in a letter to governors shortly after Trump’s inauguration, 2017 and the first part…
Advocacy Toolkit 01.10.2019
Medicaid Expansion Toolkit
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…
Fact Sheet 01.09.2019
Options to Generate the State Share of Medicaid Expansion Costs
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.…
Fact Sheet 01.09.2019
State Plan Amendment Approval Time Frames
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,…
Fact Sheet 01.06.2019
State Plan Amendment vs Medicaid 1115 Waiver Process and Timelines
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,…