A total of 67 organizations including the American Academy of Pediatrics, Families USA, Family Voices National, Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, and the AFL-CIO, joined First Focus on Children in opposing proposed rules by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that could restrict children’s access to a broad range of care. The proposed Medicaid Funding Rule, the organizations write, erodes the statutory guarantee of
Medicaid’s Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) by removing many medications and services from Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage, harming access to care for millions of children and youth nationwide. In addition, they write, the proposed Hospital Condition of Participation Rule represents extraordinary federal overreach, threatening critical pediatric providers and reducing access to care for all children and youth in the country.
