Judy Solomon
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The Trump administration's Medicaid announcement isn't about work (Opinion)
Allowing states to decide the eligibility of low-income people based on work requirements is all about weakening ACA's Medicaid expansion, Judy Solomon writes. → Read More
Commentary: What to Watch for in Trump Administration Actions on Medicaid Waivers
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will likely soon approve section 1115 Medicaid waivers and make other changes in Medicaid policy that will create barriers to health coverage and care. → Read More
Assessing the New House Republican CHIP Bill
The bill includes sound CHIP funding provisions; however, the Puerto Rico provisions fall well short of the assistance needed, and the provisions to offset the cost of the bill raise substantial concerns. → Read More
Medicaid Cuts in Cassidy-Graham Plan Would Reduce Access to Home- and Community-Based Services
Home- and community-based services that states fund through Medicaid would be especially vulnerable to deep cuts. → Read More
Medicaid Waivers Should Further Program Objectives, Not Impose Barriers to Coverage and Care
Numerous states now have damaging “waiver” proposals in the approval pipeline or under consideration. → Read More
Cassidy-Graham Amendment Would Cut Hundreds of Billions from Coverage Programs, Cause Millions to Lose Health Insurance
The amendment would make drastic cuts to both Medicaid and marketplace financial assistance. → Read More
$200 Billion Wouldn’t Provide Affordable Private Coverage for Medicaid Expansion Enrollees
Senate leaders are reportedly considering adding $200 billion to the Senate health bill to supplement private coverage for people who gained Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Medicaid expansion and would lose it under their bill. But that would fall far short of the actual cost of providing affordable private coverage to those people, new Urban Institute estimates with… → Read More
$200 Billion More Won’t Fix Unfixable Senate Health Bill
While $200 billion seems like a lot of money, it’s only 17 percent of the bill’s $1.2 trillion in cuts. → Read More
Senate Health Bill Could End Alaska’s Medicaid Expansion in 2020
Alaska would experience significant harm from Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), as we’ve explained. But the risk to its Medicaid expansion, which has provided health coverage for more than 30,000 Alaskans and especially benefited Alaska Natives, would be especially serious — and would begin as early as 2020. → Read More
Senate Republican Funds to Address Opioid Epidemic Can’t Offset Medicaid Expansion Repeal
Senate Republicans reportedly may try to add funds to address the opioid epidemic to their emerging bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). → Read More
Medicaid Cuts in House ACA Repeal Bill Would Limit Availability of Home- and Community-Based Services
The House-passed bill to “repeal and replace” the ACA would make home- and community-based services that states fund through Medicaid especially vulnerable to deep cuts. → Read More
Maine’s Waiver Proposal Would Violate Medicaid Law
Maine’s new proposal for a Medicaid waiver seeks radical and unprecedented changes to Medicaid, totally disregarding what Medicaid law allows and targeting the state’s lowest-income adults in ways that would likely leave many without access to needed health care. → Read More
Wisconsin Medicaid Proposals Don’t Merit Federal Approval
Wisconsin plans to seek federal permission to make unprecedented changes to its Medicaid program that would likely cause large numbers of adults without dependent children to lose coverage or fail to enroll. Under the Social Security Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may only approve a state request for a waiver from federal Medicaid law if the proposed changes promote Medicaid’s… → Read More
Don't Be Fooled: $15 Billion More for House GOP Health Bill’s Stability Fund Will Undo Little of Bill’s Harm on Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders
In a last-ditch effort for Republican votes, GOP leaders have added an extra $15 billion to their bill’s $100 billion stability fund, with the $15 billion earmarked for behavioral health treatment and maternity coverage and newborn care. → Read More
False Claims That the Medicaid Expansion Is Causing Waiting Lists
Pushing for huge Medicaid cuts, including ending the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion for low-income adults and imposing a per capita cap, some congressional Republicans continue to claim falsely that the Medicaid expansion is squeezing out funding for other Medicaid beneficiaries. Most recently, Senator Ted Cruz and Rep. → Read More
Medicaid Cuts Are Real Threat to Home- and Community-Based Services
Republican plans to severely cut federal Medicaid funds by converting the program to a block grant or a per capita cap represents a severe threat to funding for home- and community-based services (HCBS), despite recent claims to the contrary. → Read More
TANF Block Grant Offers a Cautionary Tale for Medicaid
House Republicans plan to fast track their proposal to cut federal Medicaid funding by converting the program to a block grant or per capita cap and phasing out the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion, House Republican talking points released last week → Read More
Existing Medicaid Flexibility Has Broadened Reach of Home- and Community-Based Services
Thank you for the opportunity to testify today. I am Judith Solomon, Vice President for Health Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, an independent, non-profit, nonpartisan policy institute located here in Washington. → Read More
ACA Medicaid Expansion Costs Falling, as Expected
State spending per person on adults who are newly eligible for Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Medicaid expansion fell by 6.9 percent in 2016 and will keep falling in future years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) estimates. The report undercuts the argument for repealing the expansion based on states’ higher-than-expected costs in previous years. → Read More
ACA Medicaid Expansion Costs Falling, as Expected
State spending per person on adults who are newly eligible for Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Medicaid expansion fell by 6.9 percent in 2016 and will keep falling in future years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) estimates. The report undercuts the argument for repealing the expansion based on states’ higher-than-expected costs in previous years. → Read More