Based at Georgetown University's McCourt School, CCF is a nonpartisan policy and research center with a mission to improve health coverage for kids & families.
As parents get kids ready to go back to school, they have one more thing to worry about. wapo.st/4fHgKrP
As measles cases reach record highs, see your school’s vaccine ratesThe share of U.S. counties where 95 percent or more of kindergartners were vaccinated against the disease has dropped to 28 percent, public records show.wapo.stChronically ill people face confusion over new Medicaid work rules and ‘medically frail’ exemption www.statnews.com/2026/07/30/m... via @statnews.com
Chronically ill people face confusion over new Medicaid work rules and ‘medically frail’ exemptionPatients, advocates, and experts fear the difficulty in documenting a frailty exemption to Medicaid work requirements will lead to millions losing coverage.www.statnews.comMedicaid program integrity expert Andy Schneider points out that combatting fraud requires collaboration between federal and state officials to hold bad actors accountable. CMS did not provide evidence that withholding federal matching funds from states actually reduces fraud against Medicaid.
Weaponizing Fraud Against Medicaid in California and Minnesota: Another Quarter, Another Round of DeferralsAt a July 21 press conference, CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz announced that his agency was deferring payment of $1.1 billion in federal Medicaid matching funds to California and Minnesota “pending revie...ccf.georgetown.eduVa. hospitals predict $31B reduction in state’s Medicaid funding if proposed CMS rule passes virginiamercury.com/2026/07/23/v...
Va. hospitals predict $31B reduction in state’s Medicaid funding if proposed CMS rule passes • Virginia MercuryA proposed federal rule stemming from the reconciliation bill Congress passed last summer includes additional policy changes that hospital chains warn go further than what Congress approved and Presid...virginiamercury.comWhy Texas kids are dropping off Medicaid rolls www.axios.com/local/san-an...
Why Texas kids are dropping off Medicaid rollsMany children remain eligible but are no longer enrolled.www.axios.comWith H.R. 1 Medicaid cuts and other federal policies putting the squeeze on states, they are being forced to find new ways to fill budget holes.
Facing Funding Losses, States Call Out Big Businesses With Employees on Medicaid - KFF Health NewsWith the federal Medicaid work requirements looming in January, Democrats are considering state legislation to call out big companies that employ workers enrolled in the safety net health program. Bus...kffhealthnews.orgHalf of Emergency Medicaid covers the cost of delivering babies. Medicaid data-sharing with ICE discourages pregnant women from seeking prenatal care and going to the hospital when in labor, putting newborns and moms at risk. ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/01/29/m...
Medicaid Data Sharing Crisis: Will HHS Break the Law to Help ICE?When people share information with a health care program, they very reasonably expect their personal information will be used for their health care, and otherwise kept private. However, recent moves b...ccf.georgetown.eduJuly 4 is the one-year mark for H.R. 1, which made the biggest cuts to Medicaid & SNAP in history while extending trillions of $ in tax breaks mainly benefiting the wealthy. "In effect, for every $1 cut from programs for low-income Americans, the wealthiest 1% will get about $1 back in tax breaks."
How Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ changed AmericaPresident Donald Trump signed his “big, beautiful bill” a year ago. It unleashed the biggest ever rollback of federal programs serving the poor, while extending trillions of dollars in tax breaks disp...www.nbcnews.com“If you want to fight fraud, don’t take away money from states’ fraud control units. I chalk this up to more political theater to distract voters from historic Medicaid cuts before the midterms.” @joanalker1.bsky.social
Trump administration suspends funding for New York's Medicaid fraud unitThe Trump administration has frozen federal funding for New York's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. Health and Human Services inspector general Thomas March Bell on Tuesday accused the state agency of not...apnews.comMedicaid and ACA enrollment falls by more than 5 million, new report finds www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Medicaid and ACA enrollment falls by more than 5 million, new report findsThe decline over the last 12 months stems in part from President Donald Trump’s Medicaid cuts and the expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies.www.nbcnews.comSchools are focusing on two key priorities: teaching children to read and reducing high rates of chronic absenteeism that undermine learning. Both goals could be scuttled by an alarming increase in the number of young children who lack access to healthcare. @ewburak.bsky.social #keepkidscovered
1.2M Kids Under 6 Have No Insurance. That’s Harmful to Their Health and FuturesBurak: New research shows 220,000 children lost coverage from 2022-24, with dire consequences for childhood literacy and chronic absenteeism.www.the74million.orgMedicaid paperwork problems continue to cost thousands of Missourians coverage, and federal rules imposing more red tape are likely to make it much worse. Even people with cancer or other conditions will have to jump through new hurdles to keep Medicaid, just when they need health care the most.
Medicaid paperwork problems continue to cost thousands of Missourians coverage • Missouri IndependentAdvocates warn new federal rules could strain a state Medicaid system already dropping eligible people due to missed or unprocessed forms.missouriindependent.comYou are the perfect pick for the first Robert Pear journalism award! Congrats.
Julie RovnerA huge honor to be the recipient of the first Robert Pear journalism award from the National Academy of Social Insurance. An even bigger honor to have it presented by my friend Tricia Neuman!
Trump’s Medicaid work requirements have an unwelcome surprise for some states and patients www.statnews.com/2026/06/03/m... via @statnews.com
Trump’s Medicaid work requirements have an unwelcome surprise for some states and patientsAdvocates were already dreading Medicaid's work requirements. New rules are worse than they feared.www.statnews.comAter years of progress, our nation is backsliding, leaving more infants, toddlers, and preschoolers without health insurance. This should be a loud wake-up call for federal and state policymakers. https://bit.ly/4vh0DqR
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Trump Administration Announces Stricter Rules for Medicaid Work Requirementwww.nytimes.comFamilies caring for disabled relatives face unthinkable choices as Medicaid cuts loom www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Families caring for disabled relatives face unthinkable choices as Medicaid cuts loomPresident Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” state budget turmoil and new attacks on paid family caregiving have people fearing financial ruin as they fight to keep loved ones out of institutions.www.nbcnews.comWhile cutting SNAP eligibility for children was not a stated target of H.R. 1’s proponents, the cost shift and access barriers are resulting in serious losses of food assistance for low-income children. www.cbpp.org/blog/sharp-d...
Sharp Drop in Number of Children Receiving SNAP Food Assistance Under New Federal LawWhile cutting SNAP eligibility for children was not a stated target of H.R. 1’s proponents, the cost shift and access barriers are resulting in serious losses of food assistance for low-income childre...www.cbpp.org
