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A blog post about Medicaid's role in Black maternal health written by Suzanne Wikle was quoted.
April 11-17 is Black Maternal Health Week, a time for reflection and action to address large disparities in maternal health experienced by Black women.
Policymakers cut enough red tape in the early days of the pandemic to ensure stable coverage among Medicaid recipients, but a lag in SNAP enrollment despite flexibilities like emergency allotments (EAs) signals the need to eliminate administrative burden.
The Biden-Harris Administration's combined efforts to strengthen Medicaid and provide an open enrollment period for Marketplace coverage will ensure that more people have affordable health insurance amidst a pandemic.
Before leaving office, the Trump administration approved a waiver for Tennessee that limits how much federal money the state can receive for Medicaid, risking coverage for thousands.
The new administration is moving swiftly on many approaches--including several we proposed--to address the needs of people with low incomes.
Three new policy briefs written by our partners in New Mexico, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania can help state advocates across the country better understand the leverage points for improving the administration of Medicaid and SNAP.
This paper describes how Pennsylvania advocates tackled one manifestation of this problem: a very low rate of automated Medicaid renewals. Advocates can use the strategies we found effective to lift barriers facing people enrolled in other public programs. This brief was written as part of the Advancing Strategies to Align Programs (ASAP) project, which worked with state advocates to improve the policy and operational components of public benefit programs.
Statement from Olivia Golden on the Biden-Harris Administration's nominees to key health and human services positions.
Ten years after Congress passed the Affordable Care Act (ACA), it is more popular than ever—and still under threat.