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Expanding Medicaid: Better Health, Jobs, and Economic Activity for States

Update: In July 2015, Alaska Governor Bill Walker announced plans to expand Medicaid, bringing the number of states not expanding to 20. 24 states have chosen not to accept federal funds that would...

Momentum on Medicaid Expansion

Expanding Medicaid does more than extend health coverage to uninsured residents—many of whom are working Over the past few months, we have been closely monitoring the movement to expand Medicaid.�...

Under House Bill Consumers Will Pay More For Less

There are countless sobering findings in the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) assessment of the House GOP repeal bill, most importantly that the bill would lead to 24 million people losing health...

Hidden Health Tax: Americans Pay a Premium

When some of us are uninsured, all of us pay the price. Uninsured people pay as much toward their care as they can afford. Often, however, the uninsured cannot afford to pay the entire bill, and a ...

Repeal of the Affordable Care Act = A Huge Tax Cut for the Wealthy

President-elect Trump and his congressional supporters have repeatedly said they will “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act (ACA). As a first step, they apparently plan to propose a “repe...

The Affordable Care Act’s Individual Mandate Helps Make Health Insurance Affordable and Available

The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual-coverage requirement—often called the "individual mandate"—makes it possible to ban health insurance companies from discriminating against people with ...

Tennessee’s Medicaid Block Grant Proposal Will Hurt Families

This week, Tennessee released a proposal to block grant its Medicaid program based on legislation passed by state lawmakers this past spring. The proposal, entitled Amendment 42, is a radical restruct...

Family Separation Is Harmful to Children’s Health

UPDATE: President Trump signed an executive order which would end the practice of separating minor children from their parents at the border. Families USA is analyzing the impact of the executive o...

Health Coverage Matters for Children: The Role of Medicaid in the Healthy Development of America’s Children

Access to health care is crucial to children’s health and development. When children have health insurance, they are more likely to get the health care they need. For more than 40 percent of childre...

How the Affordable Care Act Helps Communities of Color

The Affordable Care Act is designed to expand health coverage, improve quality, and reduce costs. The new law also provides a critical foundation for addressing racial and ethnic health disparities. ...