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		<title>Federal Government is Propping up Rural Health with Grants, Knocking it Down with Medicaid Cuts</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Searing]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 14:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here at the Georgetown McCourt School Center for Children and Families, we’ve spent a lot of time tracking the critical role that Medicaid plays in sustaining health care access in rural America and small towns. For example, we recently released a brief with an overview of how new paperwork reporting requirements for Medicaid will affect [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>CCF Comments on Census Proposed Criteria and Regulations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 19:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Georgetown University Center for Children and Families submitted the following comments to the U.S. Census Bureau regarding the Proposed Residence Criteria and Proposed Regulations for Demographic Questions on the Decennial Census of the Population of Americans. Read the Comments.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Building a More Equitable Maternal Health System, a Conversation with Ta’Sheena Williams of the Michigan Council for Maternal and Child Health</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melody Emenyonu]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Michigan has taken a comprehensive approach to maternal and child health policy, with a focus on strengthening Medicaid coverage and reimbursement, expanding community-based care, addressing racial disparities, and investing in prevention and maternal health systems. We asked Ta’Sheena Williams, Policy Director of the Michigan Council for Maternal and Child Health (MCMCH), to reflect on Michigan’s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Report Examines Worsening Maternal Morbidity in Texas, How Improving Care Could Cut Medicaid Costs</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melody Emenyonu]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There’s no doubt that the United States maternal health crisis is severe. The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate among high-income nations, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that over 80% of pregnancy-related deaths are preventable. The situation is even worse when you account for severe maternal morbidity, which is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>CCF Comments on Head Start Program NPRM</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Georgetown University McCourt School’s Center for Children and Families submitted the following comments to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding proposed changes to Head Start Program Performance Standards. Read the Comments.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>House Committee Report on Fraud Against Medicare and Medicaid: Oversight Done Wrong</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy Schneider]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On September 29, exactly five weeks before the mid-term elections, Republicans on the House Energy &#38; Commerce Committee released a Majority Staff Report on fraud against Medicare and Medicaid.&#160;The same day the Committee’s Chairman announced a package of 14 bills, 13 of which would amend the Medicaid statute to address fraud against the program. At [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Response to RFI on Policy Proposals to Improve Access, Quality and Affordability of Health Coverage for All</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 20:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Georgetown University McCourt School&#8217;s Center for Children and Families submitted the following in response to Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden&#8217;s comprehensive Request for Information on a range of policy proposals aimed at improving health care for all Americans. Read CCF&#8217;s submission.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What do Results from First State to Impose Medicaid Work Mandate Reveal?</title>
		<link>https://ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/09/30/nebraska-releases-first-data-on-medicaid-work-reporting-requirement-as-expected-coverage-losses-start-to-mount-due-to-red-tape/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joan Alker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 01:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[At a recent Medicaid Advisory Committee meeting, the state of Nebraska, the first in the nation to implement what will soon be a mandatory Medicaid work reporting requirement (WRR), shared the first data on what has happened so far in the first few months of implementation. Nebraska began implementing new rules for new applicants on [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New Policies Pose Risks to Health of Lawfully Present Immigrant Families and Children, Including U.S. Citizen Children</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melody Emenyonu]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Several policy changes taking effect this fall will negatively impact immigrants and mixed-status families. As my colleague Leo Cuello has pointed out, undocumented immigrants are not eligible to enroll in Medicaid coverage, therefore, this blog explains changes that apply to lawfully present immigrant families and children (many of whom are U.S. citizens). It’s also worth [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>One Big Beautiful Bill, One Big Rural Maternity Crisis</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melody Emenyonu]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Before H.R. 1 passed, rural America was already facing difficulties with access to maternal health care. From hospital closures, workforce shortages, low reimbursement rates, and policy changes, rural maternal healthcare systems have faced a deep crisis that threatens patient access to medical services. 109 rural hospitals have closed since 2005. Between 2024 and early 2026 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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