Medicaid provides vital health care coverage for children, seniors, people living with disabilities, and low-income adults. The Medicaid Team works to protect, strengthen and expand Medicaid in states across the country so it best serves our most vulnerable.
Ann Hwang, director of the Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation at Community Catalyst, talks to Phil Galewitz about the potential of Medicaid ACOs. [ News Clip ]
The smart and consistent strategies employed by Maine advocates helped secure health care gains for thousands. [ Blog ]
After six long years of legislative inaction on closing the Medicaid coverage gap, the Virginia legislature voted this week to expand Medicaid. [ Blog ]
Once again, our children have been confronted with another horrific, deadly school shooting. [ Blog ]
This blog is part of our Medicaid Awareness Month series, in which we highlight the ways that Medicaid supports the health of vulnerable populations. Guest bloggers for the series are state advocates who work on behalf of Medicaid from different vantag... [ Blog ]
The Maine legislative session went late into the night last week as House members failed to reach consensus on funding their ballot-approved Medicaid expansion. Maine consumers passed a ballot question in 2017 demanding the state close the coverage gap... [ Blog ]
This blog is part of our Medicaid Awareness Month series, in which we highlight the ways that Medicaid supports the health of vulnerable populations. Guest bloggers for the series are state advocates who work on behalf of Medicaid from different vantag... [ Blog ]
This blog is part of our Medicaid Awareness Month series, in which we highlight the ways that Medicaid supports the health of vulnerable populations. Guest bloggers for the series are state advocates who work on behalf of Medicaid from different vantag... [ Blog ]
This blog is part of our Medicaid Awareness Month series, in which we highlight the ways that Medicaid supports the health of vulnerable populations. Guest bloggers for the series are state advocates. [ Blog ]
In a previous blog, we wrote about how states hoping to impose work requirements on their Medicaid enrollees were touting projected cost savings - while failing to mention that these alleged cost savings result from people losing their health care cove... [ Blog ]
As more and more states begin to cite 'savings' as a reason to implement Medicaid work requirements, let's take a look at where that savings is coming from. [ Blog ]
Eight years ago today, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) became law of the land, and this year’s birthday is truly one to celebrate. [ Blog ]
This brief provides an overview of Medicaid 1115 waivers as one innovative approach to improving the oral health care delivery system and moving toward oral health equity. [ Publication ]
A one-pager for state policymakers on why Medicaid work requirements would be harmful and costly in their state [ Publication ]
An analysis of the incompatibility of work requirements with income eligibility levels in Medicaid non-expansion states. [ Publication ]
Community Catalyst comment letter on Wisconsin Medicaid’s proposed amendment to its Section 1115 waiver, the BadgerCare Reform Demonstration project. [ Publication ]
Sign-on letter of organizations strongly urging the Energy and Commerce Committee to reject H.R. 1394, which removes the federal assurance of non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) under Medicaid. [ Comment Letter ]
The GOP repeal bill, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), proposes an approach that would result in increases in the uninsured for all ages, forcing states to ration care to children and their families. [ Publication ]
This issue brief examines the harmful effects on Long Term Services and Supports of House Republican proposals to fundamentally alter the financing of the Medicaid program from a federal-state partnership to a per capita cap program. [ Publication ]
This fact sheet discusses the importance of Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in providing dental coverage and oral health services. [ Resource ]
This fact sheet explains how block grants and per capita caps results in fewer people being able access to Medicaid coverage that meets their needs. [ Publication ]
This issue brief from the Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation analyzes housing services provided under 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services waivers. [ Publication ]
Advocates have a unique opportunity to engage veterans in campaigns to close the Medicaid coverage gap. Fifty-four percent of uninsured veterans live in states that have chosen not to draw down federal funds to improve Medicaid coverage under the ACA. [ Publication ]
This tip sheet provides enrollment specialists an additional tool to use to when helping consumers apply for or re-enroll in health coverage and avoid churn. [ Publication ]
Community Catalyst works with advocates in states that need to close the Medicaid coverage gap. With our support, advocates in Pennsylvania, Montana, Alaska and Louisiana have successfully closed the gap, bringing health and economic security to over one million low-income uninsured adults and cutting the number of uninsured adults in the coverage gap by 25 percent nationwide.
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