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This week, changes to Medicaid eligibility within the proposed House GOP's domestic policy bill could result in 10.3 million people losing Medicaid coverage by 2034, according to estimates from the Congressional Budget Office.

For Flashback Friday, let's take a look at what Health Affairs has published on Medicaid eligibility over the years.

Costly Barriers: A Student’s Struggle With Medicaid Access

Jen Farnsworth (September 2024)

Health Insurance Coverage Projections For The US Population And Sources Of Coverage, By Age, 2024–34

Jessica Hale et al. (June 2024)

Enrollment Brokers Did Not Increase Medicaid Enrollment, 2008–18

Becky Staiger et al. (September 2022)

Five Reasons Republicans Won’t Cut Medicaid (Much)

Billy Wynne (March 2025)

part of our Health Policy At A Crossroads series

Medicaid Unwinding Highlights Need For Stronger Federal Oversight To Protect Children’s Coverage

Eva H. Allen et al. (October 2024)

Congress Must Act To Advance Innovation In Medicaid

Kate McEvoy (April 2024)

Published Today

Trump's Deregulation Era & The Big Budget Reconciliation's Health Care Impact w/ Katie Keith

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Katie Keith of Georgetown Law back to the pod to discuss President Trump's potential changes to the rulemaking process, how that may impact rulemaking at HHS, and break down the house Republican budget reconciliation bill and the impacts it could have on Medicaid and more.

Administration Releases Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program Draft Guidance For 2028

Kristi Martin and Rachel Sachs

Third-Party Administrators – The Middlemen Of Self-Funded Health Insurance

Karen Handorf et al.

part of our Provider Prices In The Commercial Sector series