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One popular aspect of the Affordable Care Act is its requirement that all individual and small group health plans (for people who don’t have traditional job-based coverage) cover important health benefits like maternity, mental…
The budget agreement Congress passed in the wee hours of the morning includes more good news for the 9 million children who rely on the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for their health coverage.…
HHS has issued its first two approvals for state Medicaid waivers that make a person's health coverage contingent on their work status. Kentucky and Indiana are the first states to get approval for waivers…
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has helped the country achieve remarkable strides reducing the number of uninsured from 48 million in 2010, when the law passed, to 28 million today. One important frontier for continued progress…
Listen to our webinar on on how state advocates can address Medicaid waiver proposals that include work requirements and other restrictions, as well as tools available for state advocates to address similar proposals.
Update 2/26/2018: New data from Urban Institute show why Maryland needs the Protect Maryland Health Care Act. Update 2/20/2018: The Maryland General Assembly holds hearings this week on the bill. The Republican tax plan that President Trump…
Update March 8, 2018: The Trump administration told insurers and regulators in Idaho that they cannot sell health plans that don’t comply with the Affordable Care Act. Specifically, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services…
On January 31, Families USA staff held a webinar about how state advocates can address Medicaid waiver proposals that include work requirements and other restrictions. View webinar. Our experts reviewed recent HHS approvals of…
"We cannot be a country that believes in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness if people do not have access to health care. Where is the liberty when you are chained to the…
At the 23rd Annual Health Action Conference, Sen. Elizabeth Warren laid out a plan for addressing the high health care costs and high health insurance costs that cause pain to so many families. Here is the full…