The Partnership for Medicaid is a nonpartisan, nationwide coalition of organizations representing clinicians, health care providers, safety-net health plans, and counties. Our goal is to preserve and improve Medicaid.

Medicaid provides essential health care services to nearly 80 million people, including millions of children, pregnant women, adults, seniors, and individuals with disabilities, and is vital to the financial stability of safety net providers.

Efforts to cut costs can have long-term and unintended consequences, including lost coverage, benefit cutbacks, financial strain on safety net providers, and closure of essential services.

We are committed to Medicaid’s foundation as a federal-state-local partnership and to its role in delivering high-quality, efficient, and cost-effective care to millions of Americans. We stand ready to work with policymakers to identify new and innovative strategies to strengthen Medicaid and improve on its promise of providing high-quality coverage and access to care for populations in need.

Read our Medicaid Principles and Medicaid 1115 Demonstration Waiver Principles.

Our Latest Actions

April 3, 2025: Partnership for Medicaid Urges a No Vote on Concurrent Budget Resolution

Feb. 24, 2025: Partnership for Medicaid Urges a No Vote on House Budget Resolution

Feb. 6, 2025: Partnership for Medicaid Calls on Congress to Reject Cuts to Medicaid During the Budget Reconciliation Process

Nov. 1, 2024: Letter to CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure on the need to prioritize health care workforce investments to ensure Medicaid beneficiaries’ access to care

May 8, 2023: Letter to Congressional Leadership on Concerns with Broad-based work requirements in Medicaid and Debt Ceiling Negotiations 

Dec. 23, 2022: Partnership for Medicaid Applauds Bipartisan Approach to Investing in Medicaid in Congress’ Year-End Omnibus Spending Package

Oct. 28, 2022: Letter to Congress on Medicaid Priorities in an End of Year Legislative Package

Sept. 29, 2022: Letter to Congress on Preventing Medicaid Fiscal Cliff in the U.S. Territories and Calling for Long-Term Solution

June 24, 2022: Partnership for Medicaid Supports Medicaid Mental Health Provisions in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act to Address the Nation’s Mental Health Crisis

April 1, 2022: Letter to Congress urging Protections for Beneficiaries to Prevent Medicaid Coverage Loss with the End of the Public Health Emergency

April 1, 2022: Letter to CMS Administrator Brooks-LaSure urging Protections for Beneficiaries to Prevent Medicaid Coverage Loss with the End of the Public Health Emergency

Jan. 24, 2022: Letter to Congress Urging Action on Important Medicaid Priorities

Oct. 8, 2021: Letter to Democratic Leadership on Important Medicaid Priorities in the Reconciliation Bill 

Sept. 9, 2021: Letter to Congress Urging Medicaid Full Year Postpartum Coverage in Upcoming Reconciliation Bill 

Aug. 9, 2021: Letter to Congress Advocating for the Inclusion of Medicaid Priorities in Upcoming Legislation

July 21, 2021: Congratulations and Welcome to CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure

April 28, 2021: Partnership for Medicaid Celebrates National Minority Health Month this April and Continues Work on Promoting Health Equity in Medicaid

April 27, 2021: Letter of Support for States Achieve Medicaid Expansion (SAME) Act to Senator Warner and Senator Warnock

March 17, 2021: Letter to House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health Hearing on: Averting a Crisis: Protecting Access to Health Care in the U.S. Territories

March 12, 2021: Letter of Support for Coronavirus Medicaid Response Act to Senator Casey, Senator Cortez Masto and Rep. Lee

Feb. 5, 2021: Letter to Congress on raising the Medicaid FMAP rate