Status of State Action on Medicaid Expansion
See the latest information regarding states’ decisions about adopting the Medicaid expansion.
Governors’ Proposed Budgets for FY 2019: Focus on Medicaid and Other Health Priorities
This brief provides Medicaid highlights from governors’ proposed budgets for state FY 2019. We reviewed 39 proposed state budgets and text from 46 state-of-the-state speeches.
The Effects of Medicaid Expansion under the ACA: Updated Findings from a Literature Review
Our summary reviews findings from 202 studies of the impact of state Medicaid expansions under the ACA published between January 2014 and February 2018.
Digging Into the Data: What Can We Learn from the State Evaluation of Healthy Indiana (HIP 2.0) Premiums?
- More than half (55%) of those eligible to pay premiums during the first two years of implementation failed to do so.
- The top two reasons people never enrolled in or lost HIP 2.0 coverage were affordability and confusion about the payment process.
- Many people who never got or lost HIP 2.0 coverage for failing to pay a premium were uninsured.
Medicaid Waiver Tracker: Which States Have Approved and Pending Section 1115 Medicaid Waivers?
Use our interactive map to view states’ approved and pending waivers according to category:
- Medicaid expansion
- Work requirements
- Eligibility and enrollment restrictions
- Benefit restrictions, co-pays, healthy behaviors
- Behavioral health
- Managed Long Term Services and Supports
- Delivery system reform
What Did CMS Approve in the Indiana and Kentucky Medicaid Waivers?
How Might Medicaid Adults with Disabilities Be Affected By Work Requirements in Section 1115 Waiver Programs?
Waivers that condition Medicaid eligibility on meeting a work requirement could adversely affect people with disabilities who have limitations that interfere with their ability to work but do not rise to the SSI level.
Community Health Centers: Growing Importance in a Changing Health Care System
Community health centers are a key component of the health care system, providing access to comprehensive primary care in underserved communities.
Medicaid Managed Care Plans and Access to Care: Results from the KFF 2017 Survey of MCOs
- Plan Characteristics, Enrollees, and Services
- Provider Networks and Access to Care
- Member Experience and Access to Care
- Provider Payment and Delivery System Reform
Snapshots of Recent State Initiatives in Medicaid Prescription Drug Cost Control
Rising Medicaid spending on prescription drugs has prompted many states to look for new ways to control such costs. We look at current state initiatives aimed at addressing the issue.
Implications of Emerging Waivers on Streamlined Medicaid Enrollment and Renewal Processes
Recently approved and proposed waivers and other proposed policies include new eligibility and enrollment requirements and restrictions that run counter to the ACA’s streamlined processes.
Infographic: Medicaid’s Role in Addressing the Opioid Epidemic
A 1-page distillation of information and statistics about the opioid epidemic and Medicaid’s role in covering addiction treatment services.
Access to Mental Health Services: Medicaid, Private Insurance, and Uninsured
- Medicaid plays an important role for individuals with mental health conditions, particularly those with low incomes
- Adults with mental illness on Medicaid more likely to receive treatment than those with private insurance or no insurance
- Receipt of psychiatric medication is more common among adults on Medicaid compared to those with private insurance or no insurance
The Latest
- Nearly 20 Million Children Live in Immigrant Families that Could Be Affected by Evolving Immigration Policies
- Key Questions about Medicaid Payment for Services in “Institutions for Mental Disease”
- Nonelderly Adults with Opioid Addiction Covered by Medicaid Were Twice as Likely as those with Private Insurance or the Uninsured to Have Received Treatment in 2016
The Essentials
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- Key Questions about Medicaid Payment for Services in “Institutions for Mental Disease”
- Medicaid Waiver Tracker: Which States Have Approved and Pending Section 1115 Medicaid Waivers?
- Data Note: Data Do Not Support Relationship Between Medicaid Expansion Status and Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Waiting Lists
- Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility, Enrollment, Renewal, and Cost Sharing Policies as of January 2018: Findings from a 50-State Survey
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