Georgetown Center for Children and Families

Medicaid is the MVP of the healthcare system serving the needs of people across the lifespan. @GeorgetownCCF published a series of fact sheets explaining how Medicaid helps bring down costs and meets the needs of America’s families. ccf.georgetown.edu/tag/fact-sheet…

I wonder if they checked the math this time since they had to retract their claims about alleged Medicaid fraud in NY which were grossly inaccurate. apnews.com/article/new-yo…

Andy Schneider's latest must read blog on Trump Administration announcement of a $1.34 billion deferral of CA Medicaid funds. CMS Weaponizes Fraud Against Medicaid in California ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/05/15/cms… via @GeorgetownCCF

Kudos to the @GeorgetownCCF team - our 43 state tracker on Medicaid work reporting requirements is live! We will be tracking enrollment, state policy choices and operations, vendors and admin costs, materials for consumers etc. Here's Montana. ccf.georgetown.edu/feature/tracki…

👀👀 New from CBO - 3 million kids will lose Medicaid bcuz of the Trump budget bill last year with huge cuts to Medicaid. Remember the rhetoric that kids would be protected? Not so. When kids lose Medicaid the child uninsured rate goes up. cbo.gov/system/files/2…

👀 in other Medicaid news today a proposed rule by the Trump Administration is now at OMB for final review on weedy but critical topics like budget neutrality for waivers, state directed payments and more.. Expect more restrictions on states here. reginfo.gov/public/do/eAge…

A very informative blog from my colleagues @AKohlerTX and Jade Little about state outreach materials so far on Medicaid work reporting requirements for consumers. Nebraska and Montana the 2 early adopters do not inspire confidence. ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/05/07/wha…

Drop in Child Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment Even Before HR 1 Policies Take Full Effect is Troubling Sign ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/05/08/dro… via @GeorgetownCCF

ICYMI - this issue brief breaks down the fed $ available. Implementing Costly Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements: Who Will Foot the Bill? ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/02/11/imp… via @GeorgetownCCF

Listening to the webinar on the rollout of the findings and I’m struck by how helpful the Medicaid work reporting requirements will be for Deloitte’s bottom line.

It is almost here! The annual Medicaid/CHIP eligibility and enrollment 50-state survey from @KFF and @GeorgetownCCF is coming tmrw. This year the survey asked many questions about state plans' to implement mandatory Medicaid work reporting requirements.

👀Nebraska has chosen to go early with implementing Medicaid work reporting requirements on every state 5/1 -- which is Friday! Screenshot below just taken at 4:15 ET 4/29. The state's Medicaid website is going down for maintenance Friday.

Florida has the second highest # of uninsured children in the U.S. yet the Governor has refused to expand CHIP and continues to violate federal law and make more kids uninsured. The Trump Administration is not enforcing federal law. Gift link: wapo.st/4mTZHG8

Such important reporting by Ali Swenson and Anthony Izaguirre at @AboutTheAP to expose the gross exaggeration of Medicaid fraud by the Trump Administration. ap.org/news-highlight…

Congress intended to protect people living in high-unemployment areas from losing their Medicaid coverage due to work reporting requirements. States are under tight deadline pressure, but CMS has still not provided guidance on how to put this protection in place.

Hmmm. How about a nationwide audit of Medicare which Dr Oz is totally in charge of? Perhaps because Medicaid got cut by nearly $1 trillion last year which is not popular with the voters?

My new blog explores one of the exemptions from Medicaid work reporting requirements for people living in areas with high unemployment and why this exemption may be of limited value. This is bad news in general, but especially for rural areas. ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/04/23/con…

Vaccines, budget cuts and affordability: Takeaways from RFK Jr.’s gauntlet of congressional hearings apnews.com/article/rfk-jr…

A reminder that in December 2025, buried in highly technical guidance on state reporting for Medicaid + CHIP Sec. Kennedy’s quietly DROPPED mandatory reporting of child and adolescent immunization rates for half the kids in the U.S.. A radical move away from transparency.

Georgia’s ACA enrollment plunges, raising concerns for rural hospitals thecurrentga.org/2026/04/20/geo… via @thecurrentga

Louisiana Loses a Formidable Child Health and Medicaid Champion in Ruth Kennedy ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/04/17/lou… via @GeorgetownCCF