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		<title>CMS Issues New Rule Again Going Beyond H.R. 1 Requirements to Further Restrict State Use of Medicaid Provider Taxes</title>
		<link>https://ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/07/27/cms-issues-new-rule-again-going-beyond-h-r-1-requirements-to-further-restrict-state-use-of-medicaid-provider-taxes/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edwin Park]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On July 21, 2026, the Centers for Medicare &#38; Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a new proposed rule that would implement two of H.R. 1’s restrictions on states’ use of provider taxes to finance their share of Medicaid costs.&#160; H.R. 1 included three provider tax restrictions: (1) a prohibition on new provider taxes and increases in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump Administration Issues Final Public Charge Rule And Ignores Public Comments on the Harm to Children</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joan Alker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On July 20, 2026, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)  issued final regulations lifting current rules used to determine whether an immigrant is likely to become a “public charge”. The final rule, which takes effect on September 18, eliminates a century of established policy, carefully calibrated to address policy issues and undefined terms in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New Report Shows Coverage Gains for New Mothers—But Progress has Stalled with New Threats on the Horizon</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aubrianna Osorio]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new report from the Urban Institute indicates that health insurance coverage among new mothers in the first year postpartum has improved significantly over recent years, but that progress has begun to stall. Using data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS), the researchers find that the uninsured rate among women ages 19 to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New Report Examines How States Can Protect Pregnant/Postpartum Enrollees from Losing Health Coverage Due to Work Reporting Requirements (And Why We Should Still Be Worried)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elisabeth Wright Burak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As awareness has grown about the new Medicaid work reporting requirements (WRRs) that have already been put in place in some states but are mandated to begin January 1 of next year, it has created layers of confusion about who will be required to report work hours. Our new report on pregnant women and WRRs [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Webinar: Medicaid Connections: Maternal and Infant Health and Justice</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 20:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Download the Audio Transcript As the nation&#8217;s largest payer for maternity care, Medicaid is a cornerstone for advancing reproductive justice and dismantling systemic health inequities. H.R.1 legislation directly impacts maternal and infant health. True reproductive and&#160; justice requires policymakers to optimize Medicaid by funding holistic, culturally centered and linguistically concordant care, including midwifery, doula and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>CCF Comments on State Directed Payments NPRM</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Georgetown University Center for Children and Families submitted the following comments to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) regarding Medicaid Managed Care State Directed Payments and Medicaid Fee-for-Service Targeted Medicaid Practitioner Payments. Read the Comments]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Protected: In-State Call Answer Rates for 988 Lifeline</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hannah Green]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements: How Can States Protect Pregnant and Postpartum Women from Losing Health Coverage?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elisabeth Wright Burak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Overview 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 requirements. These work reporting requirements (WRRs) predominantly affect those enrolled in the Medicaid expansion category—coverage for adults with incomes up to 138% of the federal [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New Federal Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements Rule Threatens Coverage for Vulnerable Americans: An Explainer of the Interim Final Rule</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tricia Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On June 1, 2026, the Centers for Medicare &#38; Medicaid Services (CMS), published the Interim Final Rule with Comment (CMS-2454-IFC, hereafter referred to as the IFR) “Medicaid Program; Community Engagement Requirement for Certain Individuals” as required by the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Law (hereafter referred to as H.R. 1). States that have expanded Medicaid to adults [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>CMS Approach to Work Reporting Requirement Won’t Work for People with Substance Use Disorders or Mental Health Conditions </title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Deborah Steinberg, Senior Health Policy Attorney, Legal Action Center A few weeks ago, CCF explained how the Centers for Medicare &#38; Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a new interim final rule with comment period (IFR) that went far beyond its authority to implement the new work reporting requirements. H.R. 1 – the budget reconciliation law [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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