Nineteen years ago today, the Supreme Court found in Olmstead v. L.C. that states and localities must generally serve people with disabilities in the community ... Read more
The House will consider a bill today to partially repeal a longstanding policy — the Institutions for Mental Disease (IMD) exclusion — prohibiting ... Read more
We updated this post on June 14, 2018. As we’ve said, state Medicaid waivers that take coverage away from people who don’t work or engage ... Read more
Some states that haven’t adopted the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) expansion of Medicaid to cover more low-income adults are now seeking or considering Medicaid waivers that would take coverage away from poor parents if they do not meet work requirements. In all of these states, substantial numbers of parents likely couldn’t meet the requirements, whether because of caregiving responsibilities coupled with a lack of affordable child care, because they work at unstable jobs that don’t provide enough hours of work every month, because of an illness or disability, or for other reasons. Read more
A potential radical change to immigration policy by the Trump Administration could cause many families that include non-citizens to fear signing ... Read more
Virginia lawmakers agreed today to adopt the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Medicaid expansion by the end of this year, providing health coverage to ... Read more
Arkansas, which received Trump Administration approval for a demonstration project (or “section 1115 waiver”) to take Medicaid coverage away from people who don’t work or ... Read more
Numerous states have proposed or are considering Medicaid demonstration projects, or “section 1115 waivers,” that would take coverage away from people who don’t meet work ... Read more
