Posts for Medicaid and Medicaid Expansion
Zombie Graham-Cassidy Bill Detracts from Bipartisan Efforts to Support Children’s Health
While Senators Hatch (R-UT) and Wyden (D-OR) are working on bipartisan solutions that support children’s access to health insurance, Senators Graham (R-SC) and Cassidy (R-LA) are throwing their energy into bringing Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal back from the dead....
New Research Confirms Coverage For Parents Has Rolled Out “Welcome Mat” to Enrollment For Their Kids
New research confirms what we’ve known all along – the Affordable Care Act (ACA) improves the lives of families. According to a recent Health Affairs analysis, over 700,000 children who were eligible for Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)...
Handle with Care: Back to School Amidst Charlottesville
For many families across the country, August is the month of “back to school.” For us in the health advocacy world, it is commonly the month that we focus on health care program enrollment.
Senate Repeal Bill 2.0: The Same Old Problems with a New Bad Idea
Yesterday, after three more weeks of backroom deals and secret negotiations, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell unveiled a ‘new’ health care repeal bill that features all the same failings of the previous version.
The BCRA’s Capped Medicaid Funding Would Heighten States’ Budgeting Woes for Decades
CBO found that the proposed legislation would cut $772 billion from Medicaid – slashing its funding by 26 percent in 2026, compared to current projected funding.
Structural Racism and Maternal and Child Health
Now is the time when we have to eliminate the racist narrative of the “welfare queen.”
Senate Repeal Bill Leaves Medicaid Expansion Enrollees Behind
The Senate yesterday delayed its plan to vote on its health care repeal bill, also known as the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA). On Monday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its score of the bill and projected...
You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet: What’s Lurking Beyond the Horizon of the CBO Score
By now, you’ve already seen the key takeaways from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score of the Senate repeal bill. But what you might not know is that the CBO score hides the most devastating of the Senate bill’s effects.
The Takeaway: What's the Deal in the Senate?
Don't expect to see the bill in advance.
Zombie Graham-Cassidy Bill Detracts from Bipartisan Efforts to Support Children’s Health
While Senators Hatch (R-UT) and Wyden (D-OR) are working on bipartisan solutions that support children’s access to health insurance, Senators Graham (R-SC) and Cassidy (R-LA) are throwing their energy into bringing Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal back from the dead....
New Research Confirms Coverage For Parents Has Rolled Out “Welcome Mat” to Enrollment For Their Kids
New research confirms what we’ve known all along – the Affordable Care Act (ACA) improves the lives of families. According to a recent Health Affairs analysis, over 700,000 children who were eligible for Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)...
Handle with Care: Back to School Amidst Charlottesville
For many families across the country, August is the month of “back to school.” For us in the health advocacy world, it is commonly the month that we focus on health care program enrollment.
Senate Repeal Bill 2.0: The Same Old Problems with a New Bad Idea
Yesterday, after three more weeks of backroom deals and secret negotiations, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell unveiled a ‘new’ health care repeal bill that features all the same failings of the previous version.
The BCRA’s Capped Medicaid Funding Would Heighten States’ Budgeting Woes for Decades
CBO found that the proposed legislation would cut $772 billion from Medicaid – slashing its funding by 26 percent in 2026, compared to current projected funding.
Structural Racism and Maternal and Child Health
Now is the time when we have to eliminate the racist narrative of the “welfare queen.”
Senate Repeal Bill Leaves Medicaid Expansion Enrollees Behind
The Senate yesterday delayed its plan to vote on its health care repeal bill, also known as the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA). On Monday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its score of the bill and projected...
You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet: What’s Lurking Beyond the Horizon of the CBO Score
By now, you’ve already seen the key takeaways from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score of the Senate repeal bill. But what you might not know is that the CBO score hides the most devastating of the Senate bill’s effects.
The Takeaway: What's the Deal in the Senate?
Don't expect to see the bill in advance.