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New KFF State Survey Data Provide a Benchmark for Measuring State Responses to COVID-19
Policy WatchOur 18th annual 50-state survey of Medicaid and CHIP eligibility, enrollment, renewal, and cost sharing policies provides data on policies in place as of January 2020 and serves as a benchmark against which we can measure state actions to respond to COVID-19 and the economic crisis.
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Fast Track to Coverage: Facilitating Enrollment of Eligible People into the Medicaid Expansion
Issue BriefTo help states launch the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion and efficiently enroll eligible individuals, CMS has offered states a series of facilitated enrollment options. These options include strategies, referred to as “fast track enrollment” in this issue brief, that allow states to enroll eligible individuals into coverage using data already available from their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance programs (SNAP) and/or their Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) programs for children. This issue brief provides an overview of the new “fast track” enrollment options, including how they have been implemented, their impacts, and key lessons learned. It is based on a series of interviews with state officials in Arkansas, Illinois, Oregon and West Virginia conducted by Manatt Health Solutions and the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured in October 2013.
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The Many Roads to Medicaid: An Overview of How People are Connecting to the Program Today
Issue BriefThis brief provides an overview of the many different paths to enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP, including paths created under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and reviews the available national level data on enrollment through these avenues.
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State Actions to Facilitate Access to Medicaid and CHIP Coverage in Response to COVID-19
Issue BriefThis brief summarizes state changes to Medicaid and CHIP eligibility and enrollment policies in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, beyond those required to access enhanced federal funding. It is based on KFF analysis of approved Medicaid and CHIP state plan amendments (SPAs) and information on state websites as of May 21, 2020.
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Eliminating the ACA: What Could It Mean for Medicaid Expansion?
Policy WatchThe debate over filling the Supreme Court seat previously held by Ruth Bader Ginsburg has brought renewed attention to the possibility of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) being overturned under the court challenge in California v. Texas, currently scheduled to be heard shortly after the election this November. The expansion of Medicaid was a central component of the ACA, and 39 states have now adopted the ACA expansion into their Medicaid programs. Because Medicaid is administered by states, under federal guidelines, there may be some confusion about how overturning the federal law would affect state Medicaid programs.
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3 Key Questions About the Arkansas Medicaid Work and Reporting Requirements Case
Issue BriefThis issue brief answers three key questions about the implications of the appeals court’s decision setting aside the Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary’s approval of a Section 1115 Medicaid waiver amendment that included work and reporting requirements and restriction of retroactive coverage in Arkansas.
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Stop the Drop: Profiles of Innovative Medicaid Renewal Initiatives and Lessons for 2014 and Beyond
Event Date:EventUnder the Affordable Care Act (ACA), there will be a new continuum of coverage options available beginning in 2014.
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Medicaid/CHIP Coverage of Lawfully-Residing Immigrant Children and Pregnant Women
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Implications of Continuous Eligibility Policies for Children’s Medicaid Enrollment Churn
Issue BriefThis analysis uses Medicaid claims data to follow a cohort of children newly enrolled in Medicaid in July 2017 in states with and without 12-month continuous eligibility to examine how children’s enrollment in Medicaid changes over time and understand the effect of continuous eligibility policies.