As Medicaid unwinding comes to a close our Georgetown Center for Children and Families tracker of net Medicaid enrollment decline continues to move upwards albeit more slowly As of 7/26/24 net Medicaid child enrollment is down by 5.43 million as compared to before unwinding began. TX ⬇️1.3M FL ⬇️ 542K

👀1st day of Florida's unwinding trial reveals that state's eligibility system (Deloitte) was incorrectly programmed and women were getting cut off 2 months postpartum and NOT getting the 12 months legislature adopted.👀 The state knew as of April 2023 jaxtrib.org/2024/07/30/tes…

NEW from Allexa Gardner: Tennessee to Begin Providing Diapers for Children Under Age 2 in Medicaid ccf.georgetown.edu/2024/07/30/ten…

Leo Cuello explains the Loper Bright decision implications in newest blog ccf.georgetown.edu/2024/07/31/lop…

New from Edwin Park! ccf.georgetown.edu/2024/07/31/med…

“These policies, they just result in people not getting enrolled. Study after study, where you look at what premiums do.” - Leo Cuello Georgetown Center for Children and Families wsiu.org/2024-08-02/ind…

This Friday, 8/9 @ 10:30amET, Joan Alker will join Florida Policy Institute & Florida Health Justice Project to discuss the state of children’s health coverage in FL. They’ll look at coverage denials for kids, share legislation updates, & hear from an affected family. Register: bit.ly/46z1yry

NEW! Edwin Park explains how the ways the house republican budget resolution could affect Medicaid ccf.georgetown.edu/2024/08/07/thi…

Adding to the overwhelming signals like Project 2025 that #Medicaid will be targeted for draconian cuts next year if there’s a second Trump term is this year’s House GOP budget resolution. My new Georgetown Center for Children and Families blog explains: ccf.georgetown.edu/2024/08/07/thi…

NEW from Tricia Brooks on the new GAO report ccf.georgetown.edu/2024/08/08/gao…

The first data on coverage levels for Q1 2024 from NHIS is here 🧵 The news is terrible for kids whose uninsured rate went up MORE than adults from 4.2% in Q1, 2023 to 5.2% in Q1, 2024 800,000 more uninsured kids; clearly a result of Medicaid unwinding cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhis…

Leaders of states with large Medicaid child enrollment declines such as Texas Florida and Georgia claimed that families were moving to private coverage. Yet the data show NO increase in private coverage for kids during the same period.

The #InflationReductionAct is delivering savings on prescriptions for millions with #Medicare. You can now get a month’s supply of each Medicare-covered insulin for no more than $35 —and you don’t have to pay a deductible.

Prominent conservative/GOP plans (including #Project2025) share a common priority -- severe cuts to popular Medicaid health coverage via block grants and per capita caps. ccf.georgetown.edu/2024/08/14/pro… via Georgetown Center for Children and Families

NEW! Weekend reading on Medicaid Managed Care and the Q2 2024 earnings reports from Andy Schneider and Nancy Kaneb ccf.georgetown.edu/2024/08/16/med…

Back-to-School Season is Here. Use our free toolkit to help reconnect kids with Medicaid/CHIP health coverage so they can show up to school ready to learn. ccf.georgetown.edu/2024/08/23/bac… via Georgetown Center for Children and Families

My new blog with veteran Medicaid public opinion researcher Mike Perry explains that Medicaid is very popular with voters and its future is at stake in this election yet we’ve heard little to nothing about it. ccf.georgetown.edu/2024/08/27/fut…

Future of Medicaid Likely Hinges on Election but Voters Are Not Yet Hearing About Candidates’ Views ccf.georgetown.edu/2024/08/27/fut… via Georgetown Center for Children and Families

CMS just published new guidance for states still behind with the unwinding. Read more in our latest blog! ccf.georgetown.edu/2024/08/29/cms…

School districts have until September 30 to allocate #AmericanRescuePlan relief funds. Children's Funding Project has tips to make the most of the remaining $ to help #children and #youth. childrensfundingproject.org/update/how-com…