“Saying no to Medicaid expansion resonates with the most conservative” electorate in the primaries, “but in toss-up states, and even in red states in the general [election], it doesn’t resonate as well as it used to.”
Ben Koltun, Beacon Policy Advisor…
President Donald Trump made reducing drug prices a key promise during his election campaign, repeatedly accusing drugmakers of “getting away with murder.” At the end of May, he promised that drug companies would be announcing “massive” voluntary drug p…
Democratic candidates for governor in red and purple states are going on the offensive on Medicaid expansion, betting the Obamacare issue will resonate with voters. (Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill)
“While there is more work to be done, this bipartisan legislation takes an important step forward and will save lives.” – Statement from Republican and Democratic Congressional committee leaders
A top health official in the Trump administration defended Medicaid work requirements Thursday, arguing that the intent isn’t to expel people from the program. “Community engagement requirements are not some subversive attempt to just kick people off o…
Tennessee officially posted its Medicaid waiver that would require enrollees to either seek or maintain work. It’s the fourth state to propose a Medicaid work requirement this month for comment, joining Alabama, Michigan, and Virginia. (Virgil Dickson,…
Select publications from the professional literature focus on bundled payments for chronic conditions, the savings achieved by accountable care organizations serving vulnerable patients, the impact of expanding Medicaid on substance abuse treatment, an…
The health of people with low incomes often suffers because they can’t afford adequate housing, food, or child care. Such living conditions, and the stress they cause, can lead to higher rates of tobacco and alcohol use and increase the risk of health…
Aza Nedhari, M.S., is executive director and cofounder of Mamatoto Village, a Washington, D.C.–based nonprofit that trains and deploys community health workers to support women through pregnancy, childbirth, and the first months of parenting. Nearly 90…
