Posts for Medicaid and Medicaid Expansion
Schools Health Gains Momentum….One SPA at a Time
In 2014, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a state Medicaid director letter that gives states the ability to allow local education agencies (LEAs) to expand their school-based Medicaid programs
North Carolina Secures School-Based Medicaid Services to Keep Kids Healthy and In the Classroom
In February, North Carolina received CMS approval to expand Medicaid school-based services, creating a new opportunity to support both school based providers like Nurse Smith and expand health services.
Trump’s 2020 Budget – A Laundry List of Failed and Unpopular Policies
The newly-released 2020 budget from President Trump proposes policies and significant cuts would make health care harder to access and afford. Not only that, but they are policies that broad swaths of the American people have already opposed.
Medicaid Expansion Improves Health and Access to Care, Survey of Montanans Finds
The hits keep on coming! A new survey of Montana Medicaid expansion enrollees confirms that Medicaid expansion dramatically improves access to health care, as well as overall health.
Fighting for Families: Five Health Care Policies State Legislators Should Push this Session
This week state legislators across the country are engaging in an annual week of action to lift up policies that promote economic opportunity and security for all families.
Screening for Social Needs: How Medicaid Can Address Social Determinants of Health
Several states are in the beginning stages of allowing their Medicaid program to deliver care to patients in ways that address their health-related social needs.
Deadline Approaching: Help Us Push Back Against Harmful Changes to Public Charge Rule!
Immigrant families remain the target of unjust policies that threaten their access to health care services and increase the fear of family separation. One of these latest attacks is the proposed changes to the public charge policy.
HHS Re-approves Kentucky HEALTH Waiver Despite Devastating Coverage Losses
Yesterday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) re-approved the Kentucky HEALTH Medicaid Section 1115 application waiver, which imposes harmful changes to Medicaid such as a work requirements.
Behind the headlines: How support for Medicaid shaped the midterms
Utah, Nebraska and Idaho are the three most obvious illustrations of this phenomenon.
Schools Health Gains Momentum….One SPA at a Time
In 2014, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a state Medicaid director letter that gives states the ability to allow local education agencies (LEAs) to expand their school-based Medicaid programs
North Carolina Secures School-Based Medicaid Services to Keep Kids Healthy and In the Classroom
In February, North Carolina received CMS approval to expand Medicaid school-based services, creating a new opportunity to support both school based providers like Nurse Smith and expand health services.
Trump’s 2020 Budget – A Laundry List of Failed and Unpopular Policies
The newly-released 2020 budget from President Trump proposes policies and significant cuts would make health care harder to access and afford. Not only that, but they are policies that broad swaths of the American people have already opposed.
Medicaid Expansion Improves Health and Access to Care, Survey of Montanans Finds
The hits keep on coming! A new survey of Montana Medicaid expansion enrollees confirms that Medicaid expansion dramatically improves access to health care, as well as overall health.
Fighting for Families: Five Health Care Policies State Legislators Should Push this Session
This week state legislators across the country are engaging in an annual week of action to lift up policies that promote economic opportunity and security for all families.
Screening for Social Needs: How Medicaid Can Address Social Determinants of Health
Several states are in the beginning stages of allowing their Medicaid program to deliver care to patients in ways that address their health-related social needs.
Deadline Approaching: Help Us Push Back Against Harmful Changes to Public Charge Rule!
Immigrant families remain the target of unjust policies that threaten their access to health care services and increase the fear of family separation. One of these latest attacks is the proposed changes to the public charge policy.
HHS Re-approves Kentucky HEALTH Waiver Despite Devastating Coverage Losses
Yesterday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) re-approved the Kentucky HEALTH Medicaid Section 1115 application waiver, which imposes harmful changes to Medicaid such as a work requirements.
Behind the headlines: How support for Medicaid shaped the midterms
Utah, Nebraska and Idaho are the three most obvious illustrations of this phenomenon.