ccf.georgetown.edu

New Census Data Show Child Uninsured Rate Remains at Highest Level in Decade, Increases for Young Children

On October 29, 2026, the U.S. Census Bureau released the 2025 American Community Survey (ACS) data, after more than a month of delay. The data are typically released in mid-September along with the ...
Center for Children and Families

How are States Verifying Compliance with or Exclusion from Work Reporting Requirements?

State-level decisions are shaping how work reporting mandates affect people who rely on Medicaid coverage. This week, we focus on the policy choices states are making for determining whether new ...
ccf.georgetown.edu

Researchers Plan to Track the Impact of Upcoming Medicaid Changes on Real People in Real Time

Georgetown University McCourt’s Center for Children and Families (CCF) is planning a one-year research study to learn how new Medicaid work reporting requirements and six-month renewal mandates under ...
Center for Children and Families

Medicaid Connections: Improving Health Justice for Immigrants

Download the Audio Transcript Despite making vital contributions to their communities, immigrants face challenges in access to health coverage and care. In October’s Medicaid Connections webinar, we ...
ccf.georgetown.edu

States are Sending Initial Outreach Notices about Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements. What Do They Look Like?

With Medicaid work reporting requirements just a few months away, states are scrambling to make complex changes to their eligibility and enrollment systems and processes. States must also do targeted ...
ccf.georgetown.edu

Proposed Head Start Rule Would Further Undermine Child and Family Health

Head Start, a federal program that supports young children in low-income families, is headlining news in the early childhood policy and health worlds. Early last month, the Trump Administration ...
ccf.georgetown.edu

Right Wing “Data” Arguing for Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements is Fatally Flawed

We don’t usually write a blog like this that dissects the flawed methodology of the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) – a right-wing group that is well known for promoting work reporting ...
ccf.georgetown.edu

New Executive Order Undermines Child Health

On August 10, 2026, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at making major changes to federal vaccine policy. Among several other actions, this order would make major revisions to the ...
ccf.georgetown.edu

CMS Issues New Rule Again Going Beyond H.R. 1 Requirements to Further Restrict State Use of Medicaid Provider Taxes

In addition, the proposed rule includes two other elements of note: ...
ccf.georgetown.edu

Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements: How Can States Protect Pregnant and Postpartum Women from Losing Health Coverage?

Starting in January 2027, H.R. 1 requires every state that adopted the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) Medicaid expansion to low-income adults (and select additional states) to implement work reporting ...
ccf.georgetown.edu

How H.R. 1 Cuts and Changes to Medicaid Played out in 2026 State Legislative Sessions (Part 2)

It’s been nearly a year since H.R.1 was signed into law, enacting the largest Medicaid cuts in history and setting off a scramble in state capitals to respond. Back in March, we took a look at how ten ...