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State Health Policy and Medicaid

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What Are State Officials Doing to Make Private Health Insurance Work Better for Consumers During the Coronavirus Public Health Crisis?

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Medicaid Managed Care Contract Analysis Database

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Status of Medicaid Expansion and Work Requirement Waivers

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Assessing Underlying State Conditions and Ramp-Up Challenges for the COVID-19 Response

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Can States Fill the Gap if the Federal Government Overturns Preexisting-Condition Protections?

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Akeiisa Coleman

Akeiisa Coleman

Program Officer, Federal and State Health Policy
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Rachel Nuzum

Vice President, Federal and State Health Policy
Sara Collins

Sara R. Collins

Vice President, Health Care Coverage and Access
Munira Z. Gunja

Munira Z. Gunja

Senior Researcher, Health Care Coverage and Access
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The Latest in State Health Policy and Medicaid

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Ensuring People Have the Medicaid Coverage They Need During the Economic Crisis


By Cindy Mann, Elizabeth E. Dervan
COVID patient waits for free clinic to open
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Coverage Expansion Leads to Savings in Medicaid and Beyond


By Akeiisa Coleman
Georgia state capitol
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Georgia’s ACA Waiver Proposal Would Jeopardize Access to Affordable, Comprehensive Coverage When Georgians Need It Most


By Justin Giovannelli, Kevin Lucia
Coronavirus clinic in Alabama
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The COVID-19 Crisis Is Giving States That Haven’t Expanded Medicaid New Reasons to Reconsider


By Cindy Mann
Doctor treating patient with COVID-19
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Using Medicaid Waivers to Help States Manage the COVID-19 Public Health Crisis


By Sara Rosenbaum
Assessing Underlying State Conditions and Ramp-Up Challenges for the COVID-19 Response
Publication

Assessing Underlying State Conditions and Ramp-Up Challenges for the COVID-19 Response


By Jesse C. Baumgartner, David C. Radley, Sara R. Collins, Melinda K. Abrams, Eric C. Schneider
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To the Point

What Are State Officials Doing to Make Private Health Insurance Work Better for Consumers During the Coronavirus Public Health Crisis?


By Sabrina Corlette, Kevin Lucia, Madeline O’Brien
Coronavirus press conference
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Medicaid and the Coronavirus: Putting the Nation’s Largest Health Care First Responder to Work


By Sara Rosenbaum
Publication

The Fiscal Impact of the Trump Administration’s Medicaid Block Grant Initiative


By Cindy Mann, Jocelyn Guyer, Adam Striar, Devin Stone
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What Does New Block Grant Guidance Mean for the Medicaid Program?


By Cindy Mann
North Carolina Medicaid
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Buying Health, Not Just Health Care: North Carolina’s Pilot Effort


By Mandy Cohen, Elizabeth Cuervo Tilson, Melinda Dutton, Jocelyn Guyer, Melinda K. Abrams, Laurie Zephyrin
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Health Care in 2019: Year in Review


By David Blumenthal, Shanoor Seervai
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2018 Scorecard on State Health System Performance

The latest scorecard measuring health system performance in all 50 states and the District of Columbia shows that the combined death rate from suicide, alcohol, opioids, and other drugs increased by 50 percent nationwide between 2005 and 2016.

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