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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…
This op-ed originally appeared in The Hill In early January, the Trump administration’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) directed states to deny adults Medicaid coverage if they cannot document employment. In spite of…
Nearly 60 million seniors and disabled persons rely on the Medicare program – and only about one-third of them have any coverage for oral health care. The Medicare statute currently excludes coverage for almost…
When the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved Kentucky’s Medicaid waiver on January 12, 2017, it opened a new front in the Trump Administration’s campaign to roll back the gains in coverage and…
Idaho’s governor wants to roll back insurance coverage in the Gem State to the days when it was more expensive to get health care if you had a pre-existing condition. Governor Butch Otter and…
The Republican tax plan that President Trump recently signed into law ended the federal government’s enforcement of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate. Starting in tax season in 2020, people who were uninsured…