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		<title>Inside the 2026 Maternal Mental Health State Report Cards: No More Overall ‘F’s, But a Brand New Failing Grade for U.S. Parental Support</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last week, the Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health, in collaboration with the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, released the much-anticipated 2026 Maternal Mental Health State Report Cards. One in five mothers experience maternal mental health conditions in the United States. The financial toll of untreated disorders is estimated to cost [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New Federal Medicaid Work Reporting Rule Threatens Coverage for Vulnerable Americans</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Statement by Joan Alker, Executive Director of the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families and Research Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy: “This rule gives states a raw deal, but more importantly, puts health care at risk for people with illnesses and chronic conditions like cancer or a substance use disorder. It [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Uninsurance Among Youngest Children on the Rise as Families Face Growing Economic Pressure</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elisabeth Wright Burak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today we released a report sharing the alarming news that the number of infants, toddlers and preschool-aged children going without insurance is now at the highest rate in nearly a decade and is rising sharply. Not only did 220,000+ more young children (birth up to age 6) become uninsured between 2022 and 2024 –they lost [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Uninsured Rate for Young Children Rose More Sharply than for Older Children from 2022-2024</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elisabeth Wright Burak]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[Key Findings The number&#160;of infants, toddlers and preschoolers who are uninsured&#160;is at&#160;the&#160;highest level in nearly a decade and is increasing more sharply than for older children. The number of uninsured children under age 6 grew by 23% between 2022 and 2024, while the number of uninsured school-aged children grew by 17%. The charts and appendix [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Two Million Fewer Children are Enrolled in Medicaid Since Trump Took Office</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joan Alker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 19:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Child uninsured rate likely on the rise Our state-by-state Medicaid/CHIP enrollment tracker now indicates that 2 million fewer children were enrolled in Medicaid and the Children&#8217;s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) as of April 2026, as compared to January 2025 when President Trump took office. That steep drop in the number of children enrolled in Medicaid [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>CMS Triples Harmful Impact of HR 1 Medicaid Provider Cuts in State Directed Payment Proposed Rule</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cathy Hope]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 15:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Massive Overreach will Undermine Access to Health Care for People Covered by Medicaid Last week, on May 20, 2026, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed regulation on state-directed payments (SDP). SDPs are a mechanism for states to improve managed care payments to providers (some previous background is here). Using SDPs, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>From Temporary Fixes to Lasting Change: Fixing CHIP Eligibility in Kansas</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 12:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Heather Braum, Kansas Action for Children The Kansas State Legislature’s 2026 session proved successful for one particular policy: updating state law to ensure more eligible Kansas kids can access health coverage through the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). To understand why a small change will make a big impact on Kansas families – picture [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Medicaid Managed Care: The Big Five in Q1 2026</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy Schneider]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 00:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The “Big Five” have reported their financial and enrollment results for the first calendar quarter of 2026. The “Big Five” are the five largest publicly-traded insurers, measured by enrollment, in the Medicaid managed care market. Four of them—United Health Group, Elevance, CVSHealth/Aetna, and Centene, in that order—were also the four largest commercial health insurers by [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Protecting Maternal Heart Health and Lives: Key Takeaways from the New NASEM Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 13:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As Say Ahhh! Health Policy Blog readers know, the US rates for maternal mortality and pregnancy-related mortality and severe morbidity are high, with Black and Indigenous women experiencing the highest rates. In 2024, the maternal mortality rate for Black mothers was 44.8 deaths per 100,000 live births, which was significantly higher than the rates for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Protected: Driving the Conversation with Compelling Op-Eds</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hannah Green]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 19:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
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