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 [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for February 20
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for February 14-20. 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 [...]
The Implications of Eliminating the ACA Medicaid Expansion Matching Rate
When the Affordable Care Act was adopted in 2010 it offered a powerful incentive for states to expand their Medicaid program: the federal government would pick up 90 percent of the cost of covering each state’s expansion population. Over the [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for February 13
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for February 7 - 13. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Introduction With the pause in external communication that the new administration [...]
Medicaid Expansion in Jeopardy?
The Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion resulted in 40 of the 50 states (and the District of Columbia) expanding their Medicaid programs because of the health reform law’s promise of additional federal funding to help pay for care for the [...]
ASH Asks Congress for Help With Medicaid DSH, More
With the fast-approaching end of the current continuing resolution funding the federal government through the end of March, the Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals has asked Congress to extend critical policies that are in jeopardy of expiring without its intervention. In [...]
The Potential Impact of Medicaid Work Requirements
Many policymakers in Washington, D.C. are again talking about imposing work requirements on the Medicaid population. Limited work requirements were imposed during the late 2010s in some states, although many were overturned by the courts. But as policymakers consider such [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for February 6
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for January 31 – February 6. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Introduction With the pause in external communication that the new [...]
