Academy Focuses on Medicaid Reform Bills and Probable Impacts on States
Last week in Washington, D.C. 27 state legislative leaders gathered for the sixth annual CSG Medicaid 101 Policy Academy. Attention was focused on the Medicaid reform plan, called the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017, under consideration in the U.S. Senate following the House approval of the American Health Care Act in early May. CSG prepared a brief side-by-side comparison of the House proposal (as passed in May) and the Senate proposal (as released by Sen. McConnell in late June and scored by the Congressional Budget Office in last June).
Speakers at the meeting explained how the House bill and subsequent Senate proposals would fundamentally change the nature of the state-federal Medicaid partnership, decrease federal funds available to states for health services, and increase the numbers of uninsured Americans.
The agenda for the meeting is here. Presentation slides and additional related resources are below.
Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent, Kaiser Health News
Other Kaiser Health News resources:
- Kaiser Health News: Medicaid coverage
- Kaiser Health News: repeal and replace coverage
Robin Rudowitz, associate director, Kaiser Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Download the presentation, "Medicaid Overview" in PDF
Other Kaiser Family Foundation resources:
- Kaiser state fact sheets on Medicaid
- Medicaid Reforms to Expand Coverage, Control Costs and Improve Care: Results from a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey for
- State Fiscal Years 2015 and 2016
- The Effects of Medicaid Expansion under the ACA: Updated Finds from a Literature Review, Feb. 2017
Maria Schiff, senior officer, state and local fiscal health, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Download the presentation "State Health Care Spending Trends" in PDF
Other Pew Charitable Trust resources:
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State Health Care Spending Project Reports, Pew Charitable Trusts
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State Health Care Spending, May 2016, Pew Charitable Trusts
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Substance Use Disorders and the Role of States, March 2017, Pew Charitable Trusts
Joan Alker, executive director, Center for Children and Families and research professor, Georgetown University
Download the presentation "Children’s Coverage: Will We Go Forwards or Backwards?" in PDF
Other Center for Children and Families resources:
- State Snapshots of Children's Coverage, Feb. 16, 2017
Brent McGinty, CEO, Missouri Coalition for Community Behavioral Health
Download the presentation "Missouri Community Behavioral Health Clinics – Integrated Care Model" in PDF
Matt Salo, executive director, National Association of State Medicaid Directors
Other National Association of Medicaid Directors resources;
- NAMD Statement on Senate Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017, June 26, 2017
- June 29, 2017 NAMD newsletter
Panel discussion, "It's Complicated: Health System Reform from Major Players' Perspectives"
- Leanne Gassaway, senior vice president, state affairs, America’s Health Insurance Plans
- Robert Kerr, president, Kerr & Company
- Lisa Joldersma, vice president, Policy & Research—Public Programs, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
- Moderated by Leighton Ku, director, Center for Health Policy Research, George Washington University
Leighton Ku, director, Center for Health Policy Research, George Washington University
Download the presentation "The American Health Care Act: Economic & Employment Consequences for States" in PDF
Other resources:
- The Better Care Reconciliation Act: Economic and Employment Consequences for States, July 2017
- BCRA job loss by state, July 2017
Rachel Garfield, senior researcher and associate director, Kaiser Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Download the presentation "Medicaid and Work Requirements" in PDF
Rodney Whitlock, vice president, health policy, ML Strategies
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