The Trump Administration’s new guidance inviting states to apply for federal waivers to convert their Medicaid programs for adults into block grants — with capped federal funding and...
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Trump Proposal to Lower Poverty Line Draws Broad Opposition
Now that the Trump Administration has made public the more than 50,000 comments on its proposal to lower the federal poverty line...
Georgia Waivers: At Least as Costly to Cover Far Fewer People Than Medicaid Expansion
We’ve updated this post to reflect that Georgia’s Medicaid 1115 waiver would apply to residents with incomes at or below the poverty line.
Under two recent state proposals to waive federal Medicaid and Affordable Care Act rules, Georgia would spend at least as much to extend coverage to about 400,000 fewer people than if it adopted the ACA’s Medicaid expansion. And one waiver...
Latest Trump Move to Thwart Legal Immigration Undermines Health Coverage
A recent presidential proclamation will require certain people seeking to immigrate lawfully to the United States to prove they have health insurance, can quickly sign up for it, or can pay for any reasonably anticipated...
Health Care Providers, Advocates Explain Harm of Medicaid Work Requirements
With the Trump Administration re-approving Kentucky‘s Medicaid waiver that takes Medicaid coverage away from people not meeting work requirements, a group of health care providers and advocates has filed an...
Medicaid Works for Vulnerable Communities
The Trump Administration has started letting states make counterproductive work requirements a condition of Medicaid eligibility, and it’s expected to approve Indiana’s request today to impose such requirements in its Medicaid program. These Medicaid changes and others that policymakers have recently considered would undermine the program’s ability to provide tens of millions of Americans —...
Medicaid Expansion Essential to Address Opioid Epidemic
Some Affordable Care Act (ACA) critics claim that its Medicaid expansion is fueling the opioid epidemic by giving Medicaid beneficiaries access to prescription opioid medications, but they’ve got it backwards. In reality, the Medicaid expansion has provided a critical lifeline for people with substance use...
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