NCSL Legislative Video Resource Center

State policymakers play an important role in improving access to quality, affordable health care through multiple avenues—including coverage, services, timeliness and workforce—while also containing costs to the state. Medicaid provides coverage to 1 in 5 Americans and is a major driver of state expenditures, accounting for nearly 20% of state spending. Learn about various strategies to improve access to care through Medicaid, telehealth and health workforce development, including national trends and state examples. Speakers are Emily Blanford and Sydne Enlund, NCSL.

Long-term services and supports (LTSS) provide daily assistance to millions of older adults and people with disabilities, and are also primarily paid for by Medicaid, which takes up a substantial portion of states’ budgets. Explore state strategies to both reduce costs and provide quality care for older adults and people with disabilities. Speakers include Gretchen Alkema, The SCAN Foundation, Curtis Cunningham, Wisconsin Department of Health Services and Representative Eileen Cody (D-Wash.)

The National Asian Pacific American Caucus of State Legislators (NAPACSL) is comprised of 168 state legislators from 33 states across the country and is a collective effort to bring in Asian American and Pacific Islander perspectives on policies that affect their communities, including economic development, educational equity and culturally competent services such as health care.