Tag: Medicaid Reform
Tag: Medicaid Reform
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2025 State Wins and the One Big Beautiful Bill: Jonathan Williams on The Hugh Hewitt Show
Appearing on The Hugh Hewitt Show, ALEC President and Chief Economist Jonathan Williams unpacked recent developments in Medicaid reform, federal tax policy, and state-level…
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Restoring the Integrity of Medicaid in Indiana
Medicaid is at the forefront of the healthcare policy debate. The program takes up around one third of most state budgets, meaning changes to eligibility or coverage have a significant…
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Medicaid at a Crossroads: Brooklyn Roberts on Real America’s Voice
In a recent interview on Real America’s Voice with host Steve Gruber, Brooklyn Roberts, ALEC Senior Task Force Director for Health…
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Medicaid Overspending Spurs Push for Reform in the States: Brooklyn Roberts on NewsTalkSTL
During a recent interview with NewsTalkSTL hosts Tim Jones and Chris Arps, Brooklyn Roberts, ALEC Health and Human Services Senior Task Force…
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Reforming Medicaid and Renewing the Tax Cuts: Jonathan Williams on The Hugh Hewitt Show
Appearing on The Hugh Hewitt Show, ALEC President and Chief Economist Jonathan Williams highlighted the need for fiscal discipline and structural reform—particularly in Medicaid.
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The Economic and Social Consequences of Medicaid Expansion: Jonathan Williams on American Radio Journal
As usual in Washington, the road to fiscal ruin is paved with good intentions and taxpayer dollars, and nowhere is this more apparent than in Medicaid—one of the largest and…
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States Should Implement Creative Medicaid Reforms: Brooklyn Roberts in The Center Square
In the ongoing discussion on Medicaid spending in the federal budget, reporter Thérèse Boudreaux spoke with ALEC Health and Human Services Senior Task Force Director…
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ALEC Letter to Congress on Need for Medicaid Reform
Dear Members of the 119th United States Congress, As the federal budget debate continues, Congress has an important opportunity to re-examine Medicaid, one of the largest and most mismanaged welfare…
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Medicaid Reform Amid Soaring Federal Interest Costs: Jonathan Williams on NewsTalkSTL
As Washington wrestles with record-high debt amid ongoing budget negotiations, questions about the future of Medicaid funding have become a flashpoint on Capitol Hill among fiscal conservatives.
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States Set on Medicaid Reforms
Medicaid is one of the fastest-growing areas of federal expenditures and makes up close to a third of most state budgets. With Medicaid expansion costs ballooning past expectations, many…
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Medicaid Expansion: A Costly Gamble for the States
In addition to the regular federal funding for state Medicaid programs, the Affordable Care Act provided states that expanded their Medicaid populations with the funding to do so. While it…
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Alabama’s Hospital Crisis and The Medicaid Expansion Mirage: Brooklyn Roberts & Rep. Arnold Mooney in Yellowhammer News
Brooklyn Roberts, senior director of the Health and Human Services Task Force co-authored an op-ed with State Representative Arnold Mooney in…
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Medicaid Expansion Won’t Save Mississippi’s Rural Hospitals: Brooklyn Roberts in Magnolia Tribune
Brooklyn Roberts, senior director of the Health and Human Services Task Force authored an op-ed in The Magnolia Tribune explaining why Medicaid…
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Myths vs. Facts: Medicaid Expansion
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed in 2010 made a number of changes to Medicaid, but the biggest and most controversial change gave states the option of expanding…
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Fitch Downgrade Could Mean Medicaid Cuts: Brooklyn Roberts and Thomas Savidge in The Wall Street Journal
Brooklyn Roberts, senior director of the Health and Human Services Task Force and Thomas Savidge, research director at ALEC’s Center for State Fiscal Reform recently co-authored an…
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Let’s Ditch The Masks And Make These Common-Sense COVID Changes Permanent, Instead: Brooklyn Roberts in The Daily Caller
ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Senior Director Brooklyn Roberts authored a guest column in the Daily Caller encouraging states to make some of their temporary…
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Medicaid Expansion Weighs Heavily on State Budgets
It has been almost ten years since Medicaid expansion was first enacted, and 39 states have passed and/or enacted their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Most recently,…
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Requiring Legislative Approval for Medicaid Expansion Act
Section 1. Title. This Act shall be known as the “Requiring Legislative Approval for Medicaid Expansion Act.” Section 2. Legislative Approval Requirement. On and after the effective date of this Act,…
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Self-Sufficiency in Medicaid Act
Section 1. Short Title. This Act shall be known as the “Self-Sufficiency for Medicaid Act” Section 2. Purpose. The purpose of the Act is to institute a requirement for able-bodied…