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.
Statement of Robert Restuccia, executive director of Community Catalyst, in response to today’s developments related to Senate Republicans’ efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. [ Press Release ]
Yesterday, after three more weeks of backroom deals and secret negotiations, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell unveiled a ‘new’ health care repeal bill that features all the same failings of the previous version. [ Blog ]
CBO found that the proposed legislation would cut $772 billion from Medicaid – slashing its funding by 26 percent in 2026, compared to current projected funding. [ Blog ]
Now is the time when we have to eliminate the racist narrative of the “welfare queen.” [ Blog ]
The Senate yesterday delayed its plan to vote on its health care repeal bill, also known as the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA). On Monday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its score of the bill and projected it would cause ... [ Blog ]
By now, you’ve already seen the key takeaways from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score of the Senate repeal bill. But what you might not know is that the CBO score hides the most devastating of the Senate bill’s effects. [ Blog ]
Statement of Robert Restuccia, executive director of Community Catalyst, in response to today’s release of the Senate Republican health care repeal bill. [ Press Release ]
Don't expect to see the bill in advance. [ Blog ]
In the wake of both developments last week, we were treated to so many breathtaking whoppers that it is hard to know where to begin. If there were an award for double-speak, there would be a rich candidate pool from which to draw. [ Blog ]
The AHCA, as passed by the House of Representatives and sent on to the Senate, would reverse the progress on children’s coverage that has been made through the ACA. [ Blog ]
Statement of Robert Restuccia, executive director of Community Catalyst, in response to the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) score of the American Health Care Act released today. [ Press Release ]
Despite his repeated promises on the campaign trail that he would not cut Medicaid, President Trump’s FY 2018 budget would slash the program’s budget nearly in half over the next decade. The budget assumes the $839 billion in Medicaid cuts ... [ Blog ]
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 ]
This fact sheet provides basic information of health insurance churn including common factors that cause churn and its health impacts on consumers. [ Publication ]
Advocacy guide on the Medicaid managed care rules finalized in May 2016 to modernize and align the program more closely to the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces and Medicare Advantage over the next few years. [ 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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