- April 27, 2023
California Children’s Services Is A Critical Program That Needs Improvement When Services are Denied
Alexis Robles-FradetCalifornia Children's Services (CCS) is a critical state program for children up to age twenty-one with certain diseases or…
- April 26, 2023
Cavities in Care: Medicaid Dental Coverage Presents Ongoing Challenges for Children
Emma Parker-NewtonIn 2007, Demonte Driver, a healthy twelve-year old boy passed away from an untreated toothache. Demonte’s family encountered many…
- April 26, 2023
Top 10 Reasons Why Work Requirements Are Bad for Medicaid
Mara Youdelman and David MachledtThis blog was originally published as a fact sheet. A PDF version can be found here.House of Representatives Speaker…
- April 21, 2023
Proposed Medicaid Work Requirements are Another Dangerous Attack on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Justice
Madeline MorcelleThe year is 2023, and a growing movement of Republican lawmakers are attacking sexual and reproductive health care access…
- April 20, 2023
Work Requirements are a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Idea for Medicaid
Mara YoudelmanSpeaker McCarthy released his long-awaited proposal to address the debt ceiling. As expected, he included a provision to impose…
- April 20, 2023
A Shot at Inclusion – Revising the Race and Ethnicity Data Collection Standards
Charly GilfoilWho lives, who dies, who tells your story? This question is front and center for health care data as…
- April 5, 2023
Future of ACA preventive services requirement uncertain
Wayne TurnerReed O’Connor is at it again. The judge who infamously struck down the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA), only…
- March 17, 2023
Breaking down Biden’s Budget Proposal for FY 2024
Michelle YiuOn March 9, 2023, President Biden released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2024. While the proposal is not…
- March 16, 2023
Doula Medicaid Training and Certification Requirements: Summary of Current State Approaches and Recommendations for Improvement
Amy Chen and Kate Rohde*IntroductionDoula care is one of the most effective tools to improve health outcomes and reduce racial disparities among pregnant…
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