Coverage

Healthy Adult Opportunity: An Empty Promise from the Trump Administration

On January 30, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its long-rumored guidance on Medicaid block grants. This letter to state Medicaid directors invites states to restructure...

Nebraska’s Proposed Medicaid Reporting Requirements: A Costly Burden on the State’s Government

In Nebraska, Governor Ricketts is proposing a complex set of reporting requirements and bureaucratic hurdles as part of the long-delayed implementation of Nebraska’s voter-approved Medicaid expansio...

Families USA’s Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation Comment Letter

For more than 50 years, the Medicaid program provides various ways in which states can pay for part of their share of Medicaid spending outside of use of general funds. Recently proposed regulations -...

Webinar: Medicaid Block Grants – Hurting Families and Hurting States

CMS released guidance on January 30 encouraging states to block grant their Medicaid program. This guidance will give states the green light to fundamentally change the nature of their Medicaid progra...

Connecting Systems that Serve Children to Improve Their Health and Wellbeing

There are several key programs, services, and supports that should be included when developing a broad strategy to improve children’s health and wellbeing. This publication identifies some of the le...

3 Consequences of CMS’s Guidance for States to Use Block Grants via 1115 Waivers

Medicaid Block Grants: A Mechanism for Devastating Cuts for States and Families

Medicaid Block Grants: A Mechanism for Devastating Cuts for States and Families  After months of speculation, the Trump administration released its guidance on Medicaid block grants on January 30....

The Long Term Consequences of Cutting Adult Dental: California’s Access Problems Persist

Cutting Medicaid adult dental coverage has long-term consequences for access to care, even if coverage is later reinstated. As we see in California, cutting dental as a quick “budget fix” can take...

Federal Comment Letter On Nebraska “Heritage Health” 1115 Waiver

Families USA submitted this letter in response to CMS’s request for comments on Nebraska’s application for a new section 1115 waiver to expand Medicaid eligibility to cover individuals up to 138% ...

Nebraska’s Reporting Requirements: An Unnecessary Burden on Patients and Providers

Despite a spate of court challenges blocking states’ efforts to add work and other reporting requirements to their Medicaid programs, a few states, including Nebraska, are continuing to propose new ...