Tag Archives: CHIP

Before delving into CMS’ long-awaited proposed rule to ease Medicaid enrollment burdens, Medicaid and the Law would like to formally introduce its readers to Kian Azimpoor, a Law Clerk in the Washington, DC office who will serve as a regular contributor to the blog. Using his experiences from Capitol Hill and the MD Anderson Cancer Center, Kian looks forward to exploring the far-reaching impact of Medicaid and Medicare law.

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On September 7,… More

For much of the past two years, enrollment in the Medicaid and CHIP programs has been declining.  In May, 2017, enrollment in both programs was 74.6 million people.  As of May of this year, enrollment had declined by 2.5%, to 72.8 million.  This decline has applied across the board, in almost every state, for adults and for children.

Superficially, this might make sense;… More