As my colleague Tom Barker wrote last week, the second emergency COVID-19 supplemental bill (officially referred to as the Families First Coronavirus Response Act), signed by the President on March 18 ...

LoSasso is professor and chair of the Economics Department at DePaul University. If there is any federal program begging for reform, it’s Medicaid. In 2023, total spending on the program exceeded $870 ...

Amid calls to extend the temporary federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) increase, the Congressional Research Service has released a report examining the various proposals that would affect the ...

The National Governors Association is calling for Senate leaders to extend the Medicaid funding boost states were given under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. In a Tuesday letter to key ...

The U.S. House of Representatives is expected this week to approve a bill that will send states extra money for Medicaid assistance and education. It contains $26.1 billion – $16.1 billion for FMAP ...

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), shown here at a March Senate committee hearing on , is one of several lawmakers who have introduced bills that would to address the long-term pipeline. Federal lawmakers are ...