Yes! Go @hbraum.bsky.social and Kansas Action for Children!

H/T to @davidmwessel.bsky.social for flagging new @brookings.edu research from @davidmcutler.bsky.social & Lev Klarnet. One of the goals of the ACA was to help slow growth in health care costs systemwide. They find lower-than-projected costs between 2010-2024 (1/2): www.brookings.edu/articles/has...

This speaks to the folly of HR1 last year which made historic cuts of nearly $1 trillion to Medicaid the leanest part of our health care system while doing nothing to address the high costs of health care.

Inflation has gone up, but income eligibility levels for the Children’s Health Insurance Program in Kansas are stuck in 2008. @heatherbraun.bsky.social is trying to change that.

Medicaid program integrity expert Andy Schneider and @julierovner.bsky.social discuss why successful efforts to combat fraud in Medicaid require federal-state cooperation and should not be politicized on the What the Health podcast.

@nhelp.bsky.social and @flhealthjustice.bsky.social have filed suit against the state of Florida on behalf of kids who are uninsured because Governor DeSantis has refused to implement the CHIP expansion that the legislature passed unanimously two years ago. healthlaw.org/wp-content/u...

Florida's plan to impose a Medicaid work requirement would punish working parents who met the 80-hour requirement by pushing them over the Medicaid income eligibility level, leading to more uninsured parents. Parents need health coverage to stay healthy and care for their kids.

@georgetownccf.bsky.social is thrilled to welcome a new colleague this week (though she is not new to many of us). ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/03/05/c... Adriana will be working full time tracking the implementation of Medicaid work reporting requirements.

Thousands of Minnesotans are still too scared to leave home, even for desperately needed medical care. So doctors and nurses have quietly operated informal, underground medical networks to bring that care to them.

And ICYMI here is the latest blog by my veteran Medicaid expert colleague Andy Schneider on what is happening with the actions against Minnesota. Hint: They are unprecedented. ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/03/02/c...

Better late than never - CMS releases a useful Congressionally mandated toolkit related to improving behavioral health services for children covered by Medicaid. My colleague Anne Dwyer's blog explains. ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/02/24/c...

Minnesota is the first stop on the retribution tour but it won't be the last.

New @apnews.com estimate finds mandate imposed on states by H.R. 1 will cost states an estimated $1 billion. “A huge amount of funding is going to go to vendors to construct these complicated red-tape systems that prevent people who need it from getting health care,” says @joanalker1.bsky.social

A serious effort to detect fraud against Medicaid would not dump data online with no context. CMS itself indicates elsewhere on their website that in 22 states the underlying data that was dumped by the Trump Administration was “unusable” or of “high concern”.

One of the many problems with implementing Medicaid work reporting requirements is that those who are supposed to be exempt will not know that. Exhibit A -- in Nebraska the 1st state to implement WRR (coming on 5/1) does not mention on their website that "Section 1931" parents are excluded.

Children belong in school and with their families, not in ICE detention. www.startribune.com/how-ice-labe...

Threats to child health keep mounting. Read the NYT gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/h...

Comedian made a fake ICE deportation tip line. Then a kindergarten teacher called. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Wisconsin just became the 49th state to adopt 12 months postpartum overage in Medicaid. Only state in the country that has not adopted this policy for new moms is … Arkansas… Congrats to our colleagues in Wisconsin @kidsforward.bsky.social who had been working on this for many years.

Wisconsin passes expanded Medicaid for moms, would leave Arkansas as only state without it. Medicaid helps ensure that moms and babies get the right care at the right time in the year following a birth to protect maternal health, infant health, and early childhood development.

Check out @edwincpark.bsky.social thread on the new CBO Medicaid baseline. You will see a few things: 1. ACA Medicaid expansion enrollees decline by 41% - ouch 2. Child enrollment declines by 2 million 3. Seniors enrollment goes up (aging pop) 4. Admin costs go up (the cost of red tape)

Threats to child health keep mounting. Read the NYT gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/h...

The American Academy of Pediatrics has emerged as the chief institutional opponent to RFK Jr.'s vaccine policy overhaul. The group is suing to restore the earlier childhood immunization schedule, and challenging changes to federal advisory panels. www.statnews.com/2026/02/13/b...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/b...

My latest blog on what we’re worrying about at @georgetownccf.bsky.social. ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/02/06/c...

Rural health transformation fund” in HR1 was peddled as saving rural hospitals from draconian federal Medicaid cuts. Yet a rural hospital in Idaho is already on the brink and the fund won’t save them And this in Sen. Crapo Ch. Senate Finance Ctte’s home state www.eastidahonews.com/2026/01/perf...

😱 Bad worlds colliding.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/h...

HHS sharing Medicaid files with ICE is horrendous health policy and will scare a large group of people from accessing health care—including the U.S. citizen children. ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/01/29/m...

LISTEN: The actions of federal ICE agents are having ramifications far beyond immigration. In Washington, the backlash from a second fatal shooting by agents in Minnesota has stalled action on an eleventh-hour suite of spending bills. @julierovner.bsky.social 🎙️ kffhealthnews.org/news/podcast...

HHS data sharing Medicaid files with ICE would likely violate a judge's order and scare a large group of people from accessing health care, including U.S. citizen children of immigrants and many lawfully present immigrants. #healthpolicy ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/01/29/m...

Philanthropic organizations focused on early childhood development explain why the abusive immigration enforcement tactics must end now. These harmful practices can permanently alter a child’s life trajectory.

If you are interested in health care issues (especially re Medicaid and families) check out our @georgetownccf.bsky.social blog. Here are just a few recent blogs ICYMI. Andy Schneider on Trump CMS allegations re Medicaid fraud in Minn. ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/01/16/c...

Another reminder that the largest cuts in Medicaid’s history were made by this Congress in part to fund a tripling of ICE/DHS budget.

“Parents are making impossible choices: declining surgery for their children, delaying emergency care, and refusing specialty referrals because they have calculated that the risks of deportation or family separation exceed the medical necessity." www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-ge...

As promised, here's why the Trump Administration effort to withhold federal #Medicaid funding from Minnesota is so radical and unprecedented, as explained in this must-read blog by my Georgetown CCF colleague Andy Schneider: ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/01/16/c...

The Republican Study Committee (RSC) in the House is pushing for a *second* budget reconciliation bill & released a plan with more damaging #Medicaid cuts beyond the draconian cuts enacted last year in H.R. 1. My new blog explains and analyzes these proposed cuts: ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/01/22/h...

Great thread on recent materials published by @georgetownccf.bsky.social. If you are interested in all things #Medicaid, children and families, you should follow Georgetown CCF and individual accounts like @joanalker1.bsky.social to stay up to date

We've just submitted our public comments on the Trump Administration's proposed "Public Charge" rule. This is a terrible proposal that we estimate could increase the # of uninsured children in the US by more than 25% -- primarily citizen kids would lose coverage. ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/12/19/p...

How Rob Reiner Made Children His Issue open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Subtext: This entire family *is* vaccinated, and the mom got a booster while pregnant. Their child was just 2 weeks old when she contracted whooping cough -- too young to be vaccinated. But experts say if vax rates drop, this kind of infection becomes more common -- bc the disease is just around.

@georgetownccf.bsky.social is hiring! We are looking for a Research Fellow (JD or MA required) to work on a new project tracking the implementation of Medicaid work reporting requirements. This will be a two year position. Details available here: ccf.georgetown.edu/about-us/jobs/

CMS released preliminary guidance on H.R. 1’s mandatory Medicaid work requirements noting that some states that have Section 1115 demonstration waivers for adult expansions may have to comply but says further guidance is forthcoming on which ones. ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/12/11/c...

Consumers are left in the lurch, facing both soaring premiums and a rapidly approaching December 15 deadline to enroll in coverage for January. #HealthCareTaxHike! #MomSky

A few thoughts on new Medicaid work req guidance from CMS Topline it says v. little so states remain in a bind with huge demands and little guidance to go on. But some takeaways: 1. Confirms that states will have access to 90/10 fed match for new IT systems (vendors are 😀). 🧵

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/h...

45 leading organizations are speaking up for children too young to speak for themselves. They urge CDC to reject ACIP's hepatitis B recommendation and instead retain the current, evidence-based approach. #HealthPolicy @ameracadpeds.bsky.social @marchofdimes.org @acog.org www.aap.org/en/news-room...

The Trump Administration's proposed rule on public charge will have a chilling effect, deterring citizen children and others from accessing health and nutrition benefits.

"Affordability" is the new buzzword for President Trump. We have an item to add to his "to-do" list. Please help Florida implement bipartisan CHIP plan to help families afford health care. This would be life-changing for many of Florida's 400K uninsured children. ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/11/25/f...

Our 20th anniversary @georgetownccf.bsky.social conference is a wrap with a surprise visit from Georgetown University’s official mascot Jack the Bulldog! He was a big hit. W/ beloved colleagues Tricia Brooks and @edwincpark.bsky.social