Some states clamored for work requirements for Medicaid recipients once the Trump Administration opened the door. After Kentucky’s approval and legal challenge, a work requirement waiver has also been approved in Indiana. Their newly approved waiver includes burdensome premiums and co-pays, locks individuals out of re-enrollment when they do not pay premiums or fail to...Continue reading→

Join the Temple Beth Am Health Care for All Committee for a captivating discussion, “Learning From Health Care Around the World,” with Professor Aaron Katz on lessons learned from other countries’ health care systems that can be applied to achieve a system in the US that provides affordable, accessible, quality care for all. Aaron Katz is a principal lecturer...Continue reading→

The first deadlines have passed for bills moving through the legislature and bills must pass the full House or Senate by next Wednesday (2/14). We are following many bills related to health care. This week, we feature an assortment of bills that would build Affordable Care Act (ACA) and reproductive health protections into state law...Continue reading→

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program ends on March 5. “Dreamers” are left out of the Continuing Resolution to fund the government for another six weeks. Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Chris Coons (D-DE) crafted new bipartisan legislation that would grant eventual citizenship to young undocumented immigrants, but the White House has pushed...Continue reading→

A new two-year budget deal was signed into law this morning. A vote was expected yesterday, but concerns about what the budget does and doesn’t include forced an overnight government shutdown. The budget agreement does come at a cost to health care, with offsets from public health and Medicaid. A cut to the to the...Continue reading→