On Friday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved the Kentucky HEALTH Medicaid Section 1115 demonstration waiver, which contains very alarming barriers to coverage and care.

Undeterred by either the stubborn refusal of facts to conform to their narrative or the unpopularity of their efforts to undermine the ACA and Medicaid, the Trump administration has picked up right where they left off.

Now that winter is fully upon us (see, e.g., last week’s “bomb cyclone” along the East Coast of the U.S.), I find myself reflecting back on my past few months of work at the Center. Without a doubt, one of...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in guidance today that they would allow work requirements in Medicaid through 1115 waivers, taking the program in an unprecedented and deeply troubling new direction.

Despite urgent pleas from governors, providers and families, Congress has yet to deliver long-term funding for this vital program.

This blog is part of a series highlighting recent research illustrating various benefits of expanding Medicaid - from improving health and state budget savings to reducing rates of uninsurance and uncompensated care costs.

In the first week of the New Year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report on infant mortality, and the news is not good.

In the coming year, we will once again need to come together with grassroots activists on the ground to defend the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid.

Let’s take a few minutes to consider what has happened during this first year of the Trump presidency, and what it suggests for health care policy and politics in the year ahead.