Last September, Texas Sen. Nathan Johnson (D- Dallas) and Rep. Julie Johnson (D – Dallas) took part in the 2022 North Texas State of Reform Health Policy Conference, where they expressed optimism about their plans to reintroduce Medicaid expansion ahead of this year’s legislative session. The state’s regular session ended on May 29th … Read more
Revised Illinois state revenue projections could jeopardize some of the proposed spending increases to healthcare and human services in Gov. JB Pritzker’s $49.6 billion general fund budget for FY 2024. The Governor’s Office of Management and Budget estimated base general fund revenues for FY 2024 to total $49.9 billion when the proposed budget, … Read more
On April 1st, Utah will observe a reduction in its enhanced federal matching rate (FMAP) for Medicaid from 6.2% to 5%. The rate reduction is the first in a series of decreases scheduled for the year before the enhanced FMAP ends on Jan. 1st of 2024. Utah’s Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program … Read more
In our first Michigan newsletter of 2023, we feature some of Reporter James Sklar’s coverage of the initial health-related legislation being discussed by lawmakers, input about the state’s new coverage of doula services through Medicaid, and important takeaways from Gov. Whitmer’s State of the State address regarding the future of abortion policy in Michigan. We … Read more
On February 2nd, 2023, Michigan’s House Health Policy Committee held its first meeting of the legislative session, which focused on creating a state-regulated health insurance marketplace. Joseph Sullivan, insurance legislative liaison from the Department of Insurance and Financial Services spoke to the committee about transitioning to a state-based health insurance exchange marketplace and … Read more
Data released by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) this week showed Texas had the fourth largest number of individuals jointly enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid in the US for 2019, ranking behind California, New York, and Florida. The population grew by more than 60% from the previous year to 788,037 individuals, the largest … Read more
CMS reports that almost 5.5 million Americans have signed up for 2023 health insurance coverage through the individual market since the beginning of the open enrollment period. CMS shows that of the 5.5 million, there are about 1,182,794 new customers and 4,278,325 returning consumers. December 15th, 2023, is the last day for open … Read more
The Biden administration wants to minimize the fallout from the expiration of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), whenever it occurs. At the top of the list of concerns is the insurance status of people who have been able to stay on Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) without having to comply with … Read more
Recent data from the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey show that 84% of low-income children who qualified for Medicaid in 2021 in Utah were not enrolled. That is the highest rate in the country among the 36 states that have expanded Medicaid. It’s also higher than Wyoming, which is a non-expansion state with more … Read more
Texas had the nation’s highest uninsured rate in 2021, with 18% compared to the national average of 8.6%, according to the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS). Data released last week showed that nearly 12% of children and a quarter of adults aged 19-64 (24.3%) in Texas were uninsured in 2021. The … Read more