05.02.17
On April 25, 2017, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS released for public comment a draft Section 1115 waiver application to implement new eligibility and coverage requirements for MaineCare, the State’s Medicaid program.
03.29.17
Even as Congress and the Administration consider broad changes to healthcare reforms implemented under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)—including the elimination of Medicaid expansion and deep cuts to federal Medicaid funding—Montana's Medicaid program has a unique point-in-time ...
03.23.17
EHB defines what healthcare benefits plans in the Marketplaces, as well as certain other plans, must cover—and goes to the heart of what it means to have health insurance.
03.16.17
Federal decisions regarding Medicaid expansion would affect access to healthcare for more than 71,000 Montanans covered under Montana’s bipartisan Health and Economic Livelihood Partnership (HELP) Act.
03.02.17
Under the current system, the federal government matches state spending on Medicaid so long as the state follows federal Medicaid rules.
02.28.17
Today, Medicaid is the nation's largest health insurer and the single largest payer in every state, covering more than 20 percent of the total U.S. population.
02.27.17
With key leaders in Congress proposing major changes to Medicaid financing through the adoption of a block grant or per capita caps, Manatt has prepared a new toolkit for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s State Health Reform Assistance Network to help states and others assess the potential ...
12.21.16
President-elect Donald Trump and Republican congressional leadership have called for a repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and a fundamental overhaul of the Medicaid program that would include imposing caps on federal funding to states.
12.15.16
Much of the post-election debate over the potential repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has focused on the fate of the Marketplaces, the mandate, and popular insurance reforms such as the ban on preexisting conditions.
08.17.16
As a major source of coverage and payment in all states, Medicaid programs are answering the charge to fight the opioid epidemic. Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has amplified Medicaid’s role.