The raging battle over Medicaid funding is really a fight about the soul of Medicaid and our progress as a society. The broader objective of the House legislation is clear – to reverse decades of p…| Center For Children and Families
For over 100 years, the unfinished business of creating a health care system that covers all Americans has raged on. With President Obama making this a top priority, in 2010 this effort took an unp…| Center For Children and Families
On June 2, 2025, The White House posted a “Mythbuster” fact sheet in defense of the House-passed reconciliation bill. However, the sheet is full of inaccuracies and advances more myths than facts—t…| Center For Children and Families
Last month, Congress rushed through the night to pass the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act with last minute changes that would further increase cuts to many federal programs. In the health care sections…| Center For Children and Families
We have not cut Medicaid, and we have not cut SNAP. What we’re doing…is working on fraud, waste, and abuse. And everyone in Louisiana and around the country understands that that’s a responsibilit…| Center For Children and Families
Last week, a member of the Trump administration repeated a claim that the Administration was “kicking illegal immigrants off Medicaid to protect Medicaid for AMERICANS!” This is consistent with mis…| Center For Children and Families
The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) has a long history of bipartisan support. But CHIP is not spared by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (HB 1). It’s quite possible bipartisan CHIP support…| Center For Children and Families
The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate among high-income countries and over 80% of maternal deaths are preventable. Birth outcomes are even worse for Black women, who are three to four ti…| Center For Children and Families
Medicaid, along with the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), covers more than 40% of the nation’s young children under age six, including three quarters (75%) of young, low-income children …| Center For Children and Families
Misinformation and confusion (even among lawmakers, more on that below) about immigrant eligibility and enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP (Children’s Health Insurance Program) continues to dominate t…| Center For Children and Families