The Health Reform Law’s Medicaid Expansion: A Guide to the Supreme Court Arguments
One significant element of the pending U.S. Supreme Court case challenging the Affordable Care Act is the constitutionality of the law's Medicaid expansion.
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Support For Various Deficit Reducing Changes to Medicare
FeatureSupport-For-Various-Deficit-Reducing-Changes-To-Medicare-POLLING Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health, The Public’s Health Care Agenda for the 113th Congress (conducted January 3-9, 2013)…
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Changes in Parent Medicaid Eligibility Under the ACA Medicaid Expansion, as a Percent of the Federal Poverty Level
FeatureChanges-in-Parent-Medicaid-Eligibility-Under-the-ACA-Medicaid-Expansion-as-a-Percent-of-the-Federal-Poverty-Level-MEDICAID Download Source Based on the results of a national survey conducted by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, 2013 …
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Eligibility for Pregnant Women in Medicaid/CHIP by Income, January 2013
FeatureEligibility for Pregnant Women in Medicaid/CHIP by Income, January 2013 Download Source Based on the results of a national survey conducted by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, 2013 …
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Median Medicaid/ CHIP Eligibility Thresholds, January 2013
FeatureMedian Medicaid/CHIP Eligibility Thresholds, January 2013 Download Source Based on the results of a national survey conducted by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, 2013 …
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Profiles of Medicaid Outreach and Enrollment Strategies: One-on-One Assistance Through Community Health Centers in Utah
Issue BriefThis brief provides insight into lessons learned from Medicaid and CHIP outreach and enrollment strategies that can help inform implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage expansions by profiling a successful enrollment assistance initiative among health centers in Utah.
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Raising the Age of Medicare Eligibility: A Fresh Look Following Implementation of Health Reform
ReportSeveral major deficit-reduction and entitlement reform proposals include raising Medicare's age of eligibility from 65 to 67 as a way of improving Medicare's solvency.
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Medicaid Emergency Authority Tracker: Approved State Actions to Address COVID-19
Issue BriefStates used a number of Medicaid emergency authorities to address the COVID-19 public health emergency. Between March 2020 and July 2021 we tracked details on Medicaid Disaster Relief State Plan Amendments (SPAs), other Medicaid and CHIP SPAs, and other state-reported administrative actions; Section 1115 Waivers; Section 1135 Waivers; and 1915 (c) Waiver Appendix K strategies. This resource was last updated July 1, 2021 and is no longer being updated.
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Two Medicaid-Related Initiatives That Help Promote Long-Term Care at Home and in the Community, Rather Than in Institutions, Are Set To Expire at the End of December
News ReleaseTwo initiatives that for years have helped shift Medicaid enrollees away from nursing homes in favor of long-term care at home and in the community face year-end deadlines that could undercut that trend, according to two new KFF issue briefs.
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Recent Medicaid/CHIP Enrollment Declines and Barriers to Maintaining Coverage
Issue BriefRecently there have been declines in Medicaid and CHIP enrollment, reversing a previous trend of increases following implementation of the ACA. Experiences in some states suggest that renewal process requirements and growing use of periodic eligibility checks may be contributing to disenrollment among people who are still eligible for coverage as well as increased churn in coverage. This brief reviews current rules and state processes related to renewal and periodic eligibility reviews and discusses potential process issues that may be contributing to Medicaid and CHIP enrollment declines.