Medicaid & CHIP

Event Overview Health Policy Academy is the Alliance for Health Policy’s annual in-person, bootcamp-style event held exclusively for current congressional and federal agency staff. For more than 30 years, the Academy has helped generations of staffers better navigate the fundamentals of health policy and the policymaking process.  This full-day bootcamp is ideal for staff who […]

Event Overview Health Policy Academy is an annual in-person event exclusively for Hill and federal agency staff. It has been hosted by the Alliance for Health Policy for more than 30 years, helping generations of staffers better navigate the complexities of health policy. It’s an opportunity for you to build foundational health policy knowledge in […]

Event Overview This event was made possible with support from the Catholic Health Association of the United States. Agenda: Networking Breakfast 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. ET Enjoy coffee, juice, light breakfast items, and time to connect with your colleagues.  Introduction and Opening Remarks 9:30 a.m. – 9:40 a.m. ET Session #1: Health Care Coverage […]

Event Description This webinar provided a deeper understanding into the role of Medicare, Medicaid, and private sector in providing care for dually eligible populations and discussed past and present policy efforts and strategies. Panelists also identified potential future directions and approaches to improve care for dually eligible populations.  This webinar was sponsored by the Association […]

Event Description This roundtable featured former journalists and health care professionals to explore the current value-based care landscape, highlight anticipated policy discussions for the coming year, and identified key considerations for reporters and media experts. Learning Goals This event was made possible with support from the National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM).

This event featured an analysis of potential health policy priorities at both state and federal levels for this upcoming election year, and provided a review of major legislative milestones from 2023 and their potential implications for 2024.

Event Description Health care services have been moving out of facilities and into home and community settings gradually over an extended period of time. This trend accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Medicaid has offered home and community-based services (HCBS) as a subset of long-term services and supports (LTSS) that allows patients to receive health services […]

This panel provided a high-level overview of health care coverage programs in the United States, such as Medicare, Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, and employer-based insurance, as well as recent changes to coverage such as bolstering subsidies. This Session:

The November 8 midterm elections have reshaped the contours of federal health policymaking for the remainder of President Biden’s current term. While Democrats outperformed expectations retaining control of the Senate—with the potential of adding a seat—and limiting their losses in the House, Republicans have gained a majority in the House. As a result, avenues for […]

In light of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), the federal government implemented temporary changes to routine Medicaid, CHIP, and Marketplace eligibility and enrollment operations to help stabilize insurance coverage. Medicaid and CHIP enrollment has grown to nearly 85 million individuals due largely to the continuous enrollment condition. Over 3 million new consumers have joined […]

Download a summary of this event » Home and community-based services (HCBS) is a subset of long-term services and supports (LTSS) that allows patients to receive health services in their home or a local setting rather than a typically higher-cost institutional setting. Offerings include intensive, round-the-clock care through more wrap-around services such as caregiver support, home-delivered […]

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a series of Medicare and Medicaid regulatory flexibilities were implemented to help ensure access to care through expanded eligibility and enrollment, remote service delivery, alternative care sites, and more. Recognizing the programs’ critical roles in increasing access to care, federal policymakers approved funding to expand flexibilities over the course […]

The aging of the baby boomers and the increase in the number of old-old persons (those 85 and older) are predictors for the increasing need for long-term services and supports (LTSS). Among persons age 65 and over, an estimated 70 percent will use LTSS. A new Alliance for Health Reform toolkit, “Long-Term Services and Supports: Changes and Challenges in Financing and Delivery,” provides a background on LTSS and discusses policy issues surrounding the topic.

This toolkit offers links to resources that will help you understand how children in the U.S. get health coverage, and the importance of employer-sponsored coverage and public programs to children. We offer an overview of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), with an update on congressional reauthorization of the program. This resource also offers key facts, story ideas for reporters, selected experts with contact information, selected websites, and a glossary. Table of Contents This toolkit was compiled and written by Sam Takvorian. Key Facts Selected Resources Please email info@allhealth.org if you find that any of the links mentioned in this toolkit no longer work.Child Health Coverage Statistics Children and Private Coverage The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP): An Overview Enrollment in SCHIP and Medicaid SCHIP & Crowd-Out SCHIP Reauthorization: Issues in the Current Debate(For the latest developments on SCHIP reauthorization, see the four links at the bottom of this section.) For Updates on SCHIP Reauthorization: Story Ideas Selected Experts Drawn from the Alliance for Health Reform’s Find-an-Expert Service for reporters. Descriptions in quotes are written by the experts themselves. Credentialed reporters can see full profiles for these and other experts, including after-hours contact numbers, by going to www.allhealth.org/reporter_enroll.asp Selected Websites Glossary on Children’s Health Coverage ADVANCEABLE TAX CREDIT – A subsidy to help pay for health insurance that is available when the insurance premium is due, without having to wait until a year-end tax return is filed. Also see “tax credit.” ACUTE CARE – Medical services provided to...

This toolkit will help you understand who the Medicaid program covers, how it is financed, how it differs from Medicare, how states can alter Medicaid through federal waivers, and what the future holds for the program. This resource also offers story ideas, selected experts with contact information, selected websites and a glossary. This toolkit was compiled and written by Dinesh Kumar. Key Facts Selected Resources Please email info@allhealth.org if you find that any of the links mentioned in this toolkit no longer work. Basics: Statistics, Eligibility, Costs Federal and State Medicaid Financing Medicaid Waivers Reforms and Barriers to Enrollment – Federal Level Reforms and Barriers to Enrollment – State Level Medicaid & Children’s Health Medicare/Medicaid Dual Eligibility Medicaid & Managed Care Medicaid & Long-Term Care Medicaid & Disparities in Care Story Ideas Selected Experts Drawn from the Alliance for Health Reform’s Find-an-Expert Service for reporters. Descriptions in quotes are written by the experts themselves. Credentialed reporters can see full profiles for these and other experts, including after-hours contact numbers, by going towww.allhealth.org/reporter_enroll.asp Selected Websites Glossary on the Uninsured ADVANCEABLE TAX CREDIT – A subsidy to help pay for health insurance that is available when the insurance premium is due, without having to wait until a year-end tax return is filed. Also see “tax credit.” ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING (ADL) – An index or scale which measures a patient’s degree of independence in bathing, dressing, using the toilet, eating and transferring (moving from a bed to a chair, for example). Used...

This toolkit offers links to resources that will help you understand who lacks health coverage in the U.S. and the consequences of being uninsured. We also offer links to proposals for change, including websites that track presidential candidates’ plans, as well as to public opinion polls and updates on state-level reform. This resource also offers story ideas, selected experts with contact information, selected websites and a glossary. This toolkit was compiled and written by Dinesh Kumar.Table of Contents Key Facts Selected Resources Please email info@allhealth.org if you find that any of the links mentioned in this toolkit no longer work.Statistics on the Uninsured – Where Do People Get Health Coverage and Who is Uninsured? Consequences of Being Uninsured The Underinsured Stories of Real People Public Opinion Polls National Proposals for the Future PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES’ REFORM PROPOSALS State-Level Reforms ALL STATES MASSACHUSETTS VERMONT MAINE CALIFORNIA WISCONSIN MINNESOTA PENNSYLVANIA Story Ideas Selected Experts Drawn from the Alliance for Health Reform’s Find-an-Expert Service for reporters. Descriptions in quotes are written by the experts themselves. Credentialed reporters can see full profiles for these and other experts, including after-hours contact numbers, by going to www.allhealth.org/reporter_enroll.aspAnalysts and Advocates Stakeholders Glossary on the Uninsured ADVANCEABLE TAX CREDIT – A subsidy to help pay for health insurance that is available when the insurance premium is due, without having to wait until a year-end tax return is filed. Also see “tax credit.” ASSOCIATION HEALTH PLAN (AHP) – Health insurance arrangement sponsored by business coalitions and trade and professional associations....

Congress and the White House are gridlocked on SCHIP reauthorization beyond November. President Bush has vetoed the first SCHIP bill to cross his desk. CMS has issued tough new rules governing when states can open up their SCHIP programs to children above 200 percent of the federal poverty. One reason for all of the above: crowd-out – the phenomenon of people dropping private health coverage when public coverage becomes more easily available. This toolkit, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, helps explain why crowd-out occurs and offers links to late-breaking developments affecting SCHIP enrollment. A list of experts and websites is also included.

Starting July 1, every adult in Massachusetts is required to have health coverage (except for 60,000 people exempted by the state). This toolkit, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is designed to help you understand the state’s pace-setting near-universal coverage plan and its implications, with links to representative articles and documents from across the ideological spectrum. You will also find a list of selected experts and websites. We recommend these articles and experts to you, and welcome your suggestions for additions to our list. You may email those to info@allhealth.org