“Cutting Medicaid and SNAP Red Tape During the Pandemic,” by Suzanne Wikle, CLASP   “Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) passed in March 2020, states were given additional federal dollars for Medicaid. But in exchange, they had to commit to not cutting people off Medicaid (with few exceptions for voluntary disenrollment, a move out of state, and death) for the duration of the Covid-19  public health emergency. March 18 marked the one-year anniversary of this provision, known as the Medicaid maintenance of effort (MOE) requirement. States were also provided several administrative flexibilities, such as increasing the use of presumptive eligibility and self-attestation.” LTC Comment, Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform: This pro-MOE
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“How To Walk the Medicare Advantage Communications Tightrope,” by John Krahnert III, ThinkAdvisor “If you’ve worked in the Medicare Advantage space, you probably know that finding the right balance between compelling and compliant marketing content is like walking a tightrope. If you lean too far in the direction of ‘compelling,’ you could fall off into the abyss of the CMS’ Medicare Communications & Marketing Guidelines (MCMG) and find yourself in some hot water. If you lean too far in the direction of ‘compliant,’ you could find yourself in the black hole of painfully boring copy that makes your customers’ dishwasher
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“The Nation’s Fiscal Health: After Pandemic Recovery, Focus Needed on Achieving Long-Term Fiscal Sustainability,” Government Accountability Office “Congress and the administration have responded in an unprecedented manner to address the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting severe economic repercussions. Since March 2020, pandemic response has cost trillions of federal dollars. Until the country better contains the virus, the pandemic will likely remain a significant obstacle to more robust economic activity. After the pandemic recedes and the economy substantially recovers, Congress and the administration should quickly pivot to developing an approach to place the government on a sustainable long-term fiscal path. In fiscal
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