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.
During its January meeting, the non-partisan Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) made several recommendations to Congress that could pave the way for additional improvements to Medicaid with a more receptive administration and new ... [ Blog ]
On Thursday, January 28, President Biden signed several executive orders intended to strengthen “Americans’ Access to Quality, Affordable Health Care,” including the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid. [ Blog ]
While the country was distracted and reeling in the aftermath of the violence that had been perpetrated just days earlier at the United States Capitol, CMS approved Tennessee’s 1115 Medicaid block grant proposal on Jan. 8. [ Blog ]
As we near the end of the year and face the holidays during a surging pandemic, many people will struggle with isolation and sadness at being away from loved ones. Additionally, COVID-19 has unleashed a series of crises that are interrelated, and is i... [ Blog ]
Texas has the nation’s worst uninsured rate, with more than five million Texans uninsured, but state lawmakers consistently refuse to take any meaningful action to ensure all Texans can access affordable health insurance coverage. [ Blog ]
CMS issued an interim final rule allowing states to terminate coverage for certain individuals, reclassify coverage into tiers, and eliminate optional Medicaid benefits while still receiving the 6.2% increase in FMAP. [ Blog ]
Yesterday, the Trump administration approved one of Georgia Governor Brian Kemp’s two waiver applications and is on track to approve the other in the coming days. Both are likely to present challenges to the way Georgians access their health care. [ Blog ]
House Democrats have made another effort to enact a meaningful coronavirus relief package to address the severe economic and health care challenges posed by the pandemic. To appease Senate Republicans’ concerns over the cost of their original cor... [ Blog ]
Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was intended to allow states to apply for waivers to reshape their health insurance and health care delivery systems in order to improve access to high-quality, affordable and comprehensive health coverage. [ Blog ]
Thanks to the tireless efforts of health advocates in Oklahoma, a waiver application that would have weakened Oklahoma’s Medicaid program has now been withdrawn. [ Blog ]
Congress is in the midst of developing a second federal relief bill in response to the devastating economic and health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Efforts to finish the bill are being thwarted not only by partisan differences but also by dissent ... [ Blog ]
Statement of Emily Stewart, executive director of Community Catalyst in response to passage of ballot initiative in Missouri expanding Medicaid. [ Press Release ]
Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, our nation was facing an affordable housing crisis that left people of color at greater risk of being evicted. [ Publication ]
In this brief co-authored with the National Medical Association, we assert Congress should use the next COVID-19 relief package to include Medicaid improvements that respond to the crisis while also dismantling unfair barriers to care. [ Publication ]
The arrival of the COVID-19 crisis has only served to highlight gaps in affordability of care, demonstrating that people across the country, including many of the pandemic’s “essential workers,” deserve a more affordable and equitable solution. [ Publication ]
Written comments submitted in advance of Jan. 8, 2020 hearing on H.R. 3935 before the Subcommittee on Health of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, expressing Community Catalyst's support for the bill. [ Comment Letter ]
Community Catalyst comments in response to proposed changes to the Medicaid and CHIP managed care rules. [ Comment Letter ]
Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation Comments to CMS on the Massachusetts Medicare-Medicaid Integration Demonstration: Duals Demonstration 2.0 [ Comment Letter ]
A proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on October 10, 2018, makes several significant changes to the criteria used to determine whether an individual is likely to become a public charge. [ Publication ]
Stories of consumers with substance use disorders/and or mental illness can be an effective tool to push back against work requirements in Medicaid, which create barriers to essential services. [ Publication ]
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 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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