OBBBA poses an immense stress test for both Community Health Centers and Medicaid. But over the decades, these programs have proven resilient in the face of tremendous challenges.

This new data note provides an overview of the Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP) model, describes its adaptability to a variety of health care settings, and highlights the ways that MLPs advance the hea...

In a new blog, Feygele Jacobs, Kay Johnson, and Sara Rosenbaum discuss how proposed change to Marketplace coverage will impact the number of privately insured adult community health center patients as...

A new data note from the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative shows the potential impact of Medicaid work requirements on health center patient coverage at the state l...

Medicaid work requirements could lead to up to 5.6 million community health center patients losing coverage and loss of up to $32 billion in health center revenue.

States could see billions of dollars in reduced economic activity, lower state/local tax revenues, and large job losses if Medicaid work requirements are imposed.

Although ample evidence exists that community health centers lower federal medical expenditures, it has been hypothesized that the eligibility assistance offered by staff at health centers could also increase insurance enrollment and federal costs. We analyzed the effects of eligibility assistance on insurance enrollment at both the health center and state levels. Using multivariate panel analysis with two-way fixed effects, we examined effects of eligibility assistance during the period 2016–23 to determine how insurance enrollment is affected at the health center and state levels. Data sources were administrative data from health centers and state-level enrollment data from Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and health insurance Marketplaces. Higher levels of eligibility assistance staffing are associated with modest increases in numbers of Medicaid and CHIP enrollees at health centers and modest reductions in numbers of uninsured patients. However, neither eligibility assistance nor overall health center size significantly affect state-level enrollment for any of the programs. Eligibility assistance modestly increases insurance coverage among health center patients, which improves health centers’ financial status and patient care capacity. But this assistance does not significantly increase overall Medicaid, CHIP, or Marketplace enrollment, nor does it raise federal expenditures.

Since their inception in the 1960s, community health centers have exemplified a profound commitment to community engagement, embracing community governance and issue-focused grassroots advocacy. Visio...

A new policy brief, Braidwood Management v Becerra Could Eliminate Three Quarters of the Affordable Care Act’s Preventive Benefits for Women, Infants, and Children, examines a the potential implicatio...

New data note, Community Health Centers: A Six-Decade Commitment to Nutrition and Health explores health center programs to address food insecurity, support access to healthy foods for people with chr...

The Geiger Gibson Program recognizes and celebrates young leaders whose work and dedication have helped further better health for the medically underserved.