The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the U.S. Department of the Treasury recently released guidance granting states more flexibility to design alternatives to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by reinterpreting existing waiver provisions under the law.
GW Milken Institute School of Public Health Researchers Comment on Virginia’s Proposed Medicaid Work Experiment
The comments describe what the Milken Institute SPH researchers perceive to be the fundamental flaws with this (or any other) mandatory Medicaid work demonstration.
Sara Rosenbaum Analyzes Impacts of New “Public Charge” Rule on Immigrants with Medicaid
The new analysis explains why the proposed "public charge" rule published last week by the Trump administration could affect millions of legal immigrants enrolled in Medicaid and would have a dramatic impact on the overall stability of the health care system.
Sara Rosenbaum Shares Her Opinions on the Myths We Tell Ourselves About the Poor
The Expanding Work Requirements in Non-Cash Welfare Programs report released by the President’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) in July was one of the inspirations for a new opinion piece by Sara Rosenbaum, JD, the Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health. Published in the Milbank Quarterly, her piece traces the deep roots of the American myth about the working poor to the 1601 English Poor Law.
Speaking for the Record: The Public Health Implications of Medicaid Work Experiments
Sara Rosenbaum explains why she and 42 other health experts submitted an amicus brief in support of the lawsuit brought by a group of Medicaid enrollees challenging the Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary’s approval of the Kentucky Medicaid work requirement.