by Jordana Choucair | Jul 13, 2022 | Access & Coverage
The White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) authored a new issue brief revealing that states with high uninsured rates saw more “excess deaths” during the COVID-19 pandemic that stemmed from reasons like meager care in overwhelmed hospitals. The CEA...
by Jordana Choucair | Jul 8, 2022 | Access & Coverage
House Republicans are examining if they want to pursue a national-level abortion ban if they win the House majority next year, with a 15-week ban or further on the table. House Republicans previously passed the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would ban...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 17, 2022 | Access & Coverage
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it has approved postpartum coverage expansion plans for three additional states plus the District of Columbia. The approvals to Maine, Minnesota, New Mexico bring the total number of states that have...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 16, 2022 | Access & Coverage
President Joe Biden’s top aides might issue executive orders to preserve abortion rights for women in Republican-led states should the Supreme Court follow through on its draft opinion to strike down Roe v. Wade. According to senior administration officials, the...
by Jordana Choucair | May 27, 2022 | Access & Coverage
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved four additional states to expand Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage to up to a year postpartum. Florida, California, Oregon, and Kentucky join a list of seven other states...
by Jordana Choucair | May 26, 2022 | Access & Coverage
North Carolina Senate Republicans introduced a bill yesterday that would accept federal funds to expand Medicaid. During a press conference, Senate Leader Phil Berger said that the bill poses “no fiscal risk” to the state budget. The bill includes work requirements...
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