On February 26, 2018, the Urban Institute released a report showing the need for Maryland’s health insurance down payment plan, called the “Protect Maryland Health Care Act of 2018.” According to the report, two policies… Read more.
02.26.2018 /
Stan Dorn,
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Insights Blog
Today the Urban Institute released national and state projections of the potential impact of a proposed rule from the Trump administration to expand the sale of short-term health plans. The projections are, in a word, catastrophic. Combined… Read more.
02.26.2018 /
Eliot Fishman,
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Insights Blog
Along with celebrating Black History Month, Valentine’s Day and the Lunar New Year this February we are also elevating kids' oral health for National Children’s Dental Health Month! There is a lot to celebrate when… Read more.
02.21.2018 /
Michelle Loo,
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Insights Blog
Many state legislatures are passing the midpoint for 2018 sessions, and trends are emerging in their efforts to tackle health care affordability and coverage. States are also reacting to federal activity around Medicaid and… Read more.
02.16.2018 /
Melissa Burroughs,
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Insights Blog
Just over a year ago, congressional Republican leadership began its all-out campaign on affordable and comprehensive health care—an effort that morphed and intensified through all of 2017. The unprecedented resistance and organizing against the… Read more.
02.16.2018 /
Insights Blog
One popular aspect of the Affordable Care Act is its requirement that all individual and small group health plans (for people who don’t have traditional job-based coverage) cover important health benefits like maternity, mental… Read more.
02.09.2018 /
Insights Blog
The budget agreement Congress passed in the wee hours of the morning includes more good news for the 9 million children who rely on the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for their health coverage.… Read more.
02.09.2018 /
Lisa Shapiro,
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Insights Blog
HHS has issued its first two approvals for state Medicaid waivers that make a person's health coverage contingent on their work status. Kentucky and Indiana are the first states to get approval for waivers… Read more.
02.07.2018 /
Andrea Callow,
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Insights Blog
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has helped the country achieve remarkable strides reducing the number of uninsured from 48 million in 2010, when the law passed, to 28 million today. One important frontier for continued progress… Read more.
02.06.2018 /
Stan Dorn,
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Insights Blog
On January 31, Families USA staff held a webinar about how state advocates can address Medicaid waiver proposals that include work requirements and other restrictions. View webinar. Our experts reviewed recent HHS approvals of… Read more.
01.27.2018 /
Insights Blog
"We cannot be a country that believes in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness if people do not have access to health care. Where is the liberty when you are chained to the… Read more.
01.26.2018 /
Insights Blog
At the 23rd Annual Health Action Conference, Sen. Elizabeth Warren laid out a plan for addressing the high health care costs and high health insurance costs that cause pain to so many families. Here is the full… Read more.
01.26.2018 /
Insights Blog
This op-ed originally appeared in The Hill In early January, the Trump administration’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) directed states to deny adults Medicaid coverage if they cannot document employment. In spite of… Read more.
01.23.2018 /
Eliot Fishman,
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Insights Blog
Idaho’s governor wants to roll back insurance coverage in the Gem State to the days when it was more expensive to get health care if you had a pre-existing condition. Governor Butch Otter and… Read more.
01.12.2018 /
Sophia Tripoli,
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Insights Blog
The Republican tax plan that President Trump recently signed into law ended the federal government’s enforcement of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate. Starting in tax season in 2020, people who were uninsured… Read more.
01.11.2018 /
Stan Dorn,
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Insights Blog
Yesterday marked the 100th day since Congress let funding lapse for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), a critical source of health coverage for many families. Covering 9 million children nationwide, CHIP offers affordable… Read more.
01.09.2018 /
Jane Sheehan,
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Insights Blog
