Jesse Cross-Call
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Utah Proposal Would Jeopardize Medicaid Expansion Coverage for 150,000 Utahns
Some Utah legislators are considering repealing the initiative that voters approved last November to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to low-income adults, which would provide Medicaid coverage to about 150,000 Utahns. → Read More
States Should Quickly Implement Voter-Approved Medicaid Expansions
Idaho, Nebraska, and Utah voters approved ballot initiatives yesterday to adopt the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Medicaid expansion that, when implemented, will provide Medicaid coverage to an estimated 363,000 more people. → Read More
Opponents Recycling Falsities About Medicaid Expansion’s Impact on Seniors, People With Disabilities
With Idaho, Nebraska, and Utah voters deciding in November whether to expand their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), opponents are recycling a false claim that expansion hurts vulnerable groups like seniors and people with disabilities by making it less likely that they get the services they need to help them remain in their homes. → Read More
Medicaid Expansion Cut Uninsured Rate in Half for Low-Income Rural Residents
The uninsured rate has fallen by more than half for low-income, non-elderly, rural adults in states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), says a new report from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families and the University of North Carolina (UNC) Rural Health Research Program. Coverage gains are much smaller in non-expansion states, the report says. → Read More
More Evidence That Medicaid Expansion Improves Health, Supports Employment
Health coverage under Ohio’s Medicaid expansion continues to improve the physical and mental health, financial well-being, and ability to work of low-income Ohioans, according to a new report from the state’s Medicaid agency based on a survey of beneficiaries and analysis of enrollment data. → Read More
Michigan’s Medicaid Proposal Would Harm Low-Income Workers — And Can’t Be Fixed
The Michigan House is now considering a bill, which the Senate has passed, that would take coverage away from Medicaid beneficiaries who don’t meet rigid work requirements. → Read More
HHS Extends Indiana's Medicaid Waiver
HHS approved an extension of Indiana’s Medicaid expansion waiver even though Indiana’s own evaluation shows that it’s made it harder for eligible Hoosiers to get coverage and care. → Read More
More Evidence Medicaid Expansion Boosts Health, Well-Being
The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Medicaid expansion has produced not only historic health coverage gains but other far-reaching positive effects as well, a large and growing body of research finds. → Read More
Debunking — Again — Gov. LePage’s Claim That Medicaid Expansion Threatens People With Disabilities
Maine voters will consider a ballot initiative next Tuesday to adopt the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Medicaid expansion and provide coverage to 70,000 low-income Mainers. Gov. Paul LePage opposes the measure and continues to say that expansion would jeopardize care for Medicaid beneficiaries with disabilities. → Read More
Without New Federal CHIP Funds, States Will Soon Cut Health Coverage for Children
With the President and Congress missing the September 30 deadline to extend funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), states will soon begin to close or scale back their programs, a new report from Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families shows. → Read More
Medicaid Expansion Would Benefit Maine in Far-Reaching Ways, Contrary to Governor’s Claims
Medicaid expansion would provide Medicaid coverage to more than 70,000 low-income Mainers. → 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
Senate’s Cassidy-Graham Focus Jeopardizing Health Coverage for Millions of Children
Senate Republicans’ efforts to pass the Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal bill from Senators Bill Cassidy and Lindsey Graham are derailing bipartisan efforts to extend federal funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). → Read More
Senate Bill Would Devastate Health Care in Rural America
The Senate health bill — the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) — would, like the House-passed bill, effectively end the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Medicaid expansion, radically restructure virtually the entire Medicaid program through a per capita cap, and replace the ACA’s premium tax credit with a much smaller tax credit that would make coverage unaffordable for millions of people looking… → Read More
Urban Institute: Huge Coverage Losses in All States Under Senate GOP Bill
The number of uninsured non-elderly people would rise dramatically in every state under the Senate GOP health care bill, new Urban Institute estimates show — more than doubling in 25 states and more than tripling in four states (see table). The new figures further illustrate the high stakes for states and their residents from repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). → Read More
House-Passed Bill Would Undermine Medicaid’s Critical Role in Rural America
Medicaid, according to Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, “is designed for more of an urban poor population than a rural poor.” In fact, Medicaid plays a disproportionately greater role in providing health coverage in rural areas than urban areas — especially for children and families — a study out today from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families and the… → Read More
House-Passed Bill Would Devastate Health Care in Rural America
The House-passed health bill — the American Health Care Act, or AHCA — would effectively end the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Medicaid expansion, radically restructure the entire Medicaid program through a per capita cap, and replace the ACA’s premium tax credit and cost-sharing protections with a woefully inadequate tax credit that would make coverage unaffordable for millions of people looking… → Read More
Medicaid Expansion States Made Largest Veterans’ Health Coverage Gains
The share of veterans without health insurance fell by 4.3 percentage points in states that expanded Medicaid between 2013 and 2015, but by 3.3 percentage points in non-expansion states. → Read More
More Evidence that Medicaid Expansion Hasn’t Hurt State Budgets
Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) did not lead to significant increases in state spending on Medicaid even as millions of low-income people gained health coverage, a new study in Health Affairs found. → Read More
Alaskans Could Suffer the Most Harm Under the House Republican Health Plan
The House Republican health care plan would impose on Alaska the nation’s largest cut in premium tax credits, a five-fold increase in state costs for new enrollees if Alaska wanted to maintain its Medicaid expansion, and the elimination of key health benefits for Alaska Natives. While the plan would seriously harm all states, Alaska would face a “perfect storm” of detrimental effects that would… → Read More