Literature Review | Sep 18, 2018

The Effects of Medicaid Expansion under the ACA: Select Articles Published Between January 1, 2018 and August 31, 2018

Deborah Bachrach, Patricia Boozang, Arielle Traub, and Olivia Floto, Manatt Health

Thirty-three states and the District of Columbia have expanded Medicaid since 2014. As experience with Medicaid expansion grows, states and independent researchers are generating studies that evaluate its impacts at both the state and national levels. This resource highlights articles published since January 2018 that report on those impacts, organized by health access and outcomes, economic impacts, and coverage impacts.


Expert Perspectives

September 28, 2022

Supporting Health Equity and Affordable Health Coverage for Immigrant Populations

Ensuring affordable health coverage and healthcare for immigrant populations in the United States is critical to advancing health equity. In a new series, State Health and Value Strategies (SHVS), with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, highlights strategies for states to expand affordable health coverage to immigrant populations in the United States. This expert perspective provides an overview of the products included in the series.

September 16, 2022

Overview of the Public Charge Final Rule

Manatt Health

On September 8, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a final rule on the “Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility,” regarding DHS’ authority to refuse a noncitizen’s application for admission or application for visa adjustment (including receipt of a green card) on grounds that they are “likely at any time to become a public charge.” This expert perspective provides an overview of the final rule.

CMS Proposed Rule on Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility, Enrollment, and Renewal

Kinda Serafi and Melinda Dutton, Manatt Health

This expert perspective provides an overview of the eligibility and enrollment proposed rule released by CMS on August 31 and details how the proposed rule seeks to strengthen existing eligibility, enrollment, and renewal operational processes in an effort to close gaps in coverage and extend best practices identified by CMS and states in the course of preparing for unwinding the federal public health emergency (PHE). Comments on the proposed rule are due no later than November 7, 2022.