Medicaid Expansions

This paper draws on and updates an earlier paper that looked at the impact of health reform on the economy and employment.

This report identifies the cylical process of Medicaid as a key driver in the state's budget deficit.

The law will allow the state's 48 nondesignated public hospitals (NDPHs) to raise $33 million in funds for the state's Medicaid program (MediCal) through intergovernmental transfers (IGTs).

On April 8, the Nebraska legislature approved two bills implementing changes to Medicaid resulting in savings to the program.

Two recent reports from the Center for Children and Families at the Georgetown Health Policy Institute are questioning whether the pilot project on which Florida Medicaid reforms are based have produced the necessary efficiencies or cost reductions.   

The Florida House approved two Medicaid reform bills that would create three state-wide, managed-care programs.

New York state legislature approved a budget bill on March 30, 2011 that is expected to be signed by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and would make fundamental structural changes to the Medicaid program recommended by the governor's Medicaid Redesign.

North Carolina governor has signed legislation instituting taxes on providers that would bring in additional federal Medicaid funds.

This Manhattan Institute analysis, conducted with NYSHealth support, provides a vision of a market-based exchange in New York.

State Health Access Data Assistance Center put on a webinar discussing the eligiblity challenges that states face under the ACA's Mediciad provision and suggests several ways that states might choose to move forward.