Five Million Could Lose Medicaid With Federal Work Requirement
If adopted, a federal requirement that Medicaid beneficiaries in expansion states work at least 80 hours a month to retain their eligibility for Medicaid could result in five million people losing their Medicaid coverage, according to a new analysis. And [...]
MedPAC Makes 2026 Medicare Rate Recommendations
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission recently released “Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy,” its required March report to Congress. In addition to addressing a variety of Medicare issues, MedPAC presented its 2026 Medicare rate recommendations to Congress. Those recommendations [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for March 20
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for March 14-20. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. The White House The White House has rescinded Executive Order 13994 of January [...]
If ACA Funding for Medicaid Expansion Were to be Cut…
When Congress enacted the Affordable Care Act in 2010 it offered states a powerful incentive to expand their criteria for Medicaid eligibility: money to pay for most of that expansion. Under that law, the federal government pays 90 percent of [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for March 13
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for March 7-13. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Congress Funding the Federal Government Unless Congress passes spending legislation, funding for the [...]
MedPAC Meets
MedPAC’s commissioners held their latest public meetings on Thursday, March 6 and Friday, March 7. The subjects on the meetings’ agenda were: reforming Medicare physician fee schedule updates and improving the accuracy of relative payment rates reducing beneficiary cost-sharing for [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for March 6
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for March February 28 – March 6. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Congress The current continuing resolution funding the federal government [...]
MACPAC Meets
Members of the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission met publicly last week in Washington, D.C. The following is MACPAC’s own summary of its meeting. During MACPAC’s February 2025 meeting, staff presented four draft policy recommendations to address challenges [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for February 27
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for February 21-27. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Congress The current continuing resolution funding the federal government expires on March 14. [...]
What Will Happen With Medicaid?
Amid extensive budget discussions, deliberations, and debates and a strong desire among many in Congress to reduce federal spending, lawmakers still have not decided how much to cut one of their primary spending targets: Medicaid. Will the cuts be marginal [...]
