Democrats scored huge margins in Congress and made big gains at the state level. What does it mean for health policy in the final two years of the Trump administration and beyond?
Medicaid
Posted inInsurance
States Race to Get the Word Out About New Medicaid Work Requirements
City and state officials, health insurers and advocates are ramping up efforts to reach millions of low-income people at risk of losing their health insurance.
Posted inCost of Care
States Weigh In on Medicaid Fraud
A live conversation with a bipartisan group of state Medicaid leaders on the impact of the Trump administration’s aggressive anti-fraud push.
Decoding the Moment: States Weigh in on Medicaid Fraud
How much fraud is there and how do states try to prevent and prosecute it? In the next virtual event in the “Decoding the Moment” series, our panel of state Medicaid leaders will share their perspectives on program integrity and the opportunities, challenges and tradeoffs of the administration’s aggressive anti-fraud push.
Posted inHealth Equity
Medicaid Overhaul Complicates States’ Plans to Bring Care Into Jails and Prisons
Funding cuts and program changes required by H.R. 1 are forcing states to make hard choices about the future of this bipartisan experiment.
Posted inMental Health
Mental Health Courts Offer People Facing Prison an Imperfect Alternative
Hundreds of U.S. courts offer treatment over prison for some defendants with mental illness. But critics say mental health courts have outpaced research on their effectiveness.
Posted inInsurance
New York Braces for Trump’s Big Medicaid Shakeup
The state’s Medicaid director Amir Bassiri shares his plans for blunting the effects of Republican health reforms — starting with work requirements.
Posted inPublic Health
What You Need to Know About the New $50 Billion Rural Health Fund
The Trump administration recently announced how much money each state will receive under an ambitious 5-year initiative known as the Rural Health Transformation Program.
Posted inPublic Health
One State’s Sprint for its Share of $50 Billion for Rural Health: Part 1
We follow Maryland’s 52-day rush to convince the Trump administration to give the state new funding to transform rural health care.
Posted inNews & Announcements
Letter from the Editor: A Consequential Year
A message from Tradeoffs founder and executive editor Dan Gorenstein.