Dawn Joyce

Blog / October 7, 2025 Lena Marceno Director, Impact Health Policy Partners Dawn Joyce Senior Vice President, Impact Health Policy Partners Kevin Bennett Rural Fellow, The Commonwealth Fund Lena Marceno Director, Impact Health Policy Partners Dawn Joyce Senior Vice President, Impact Health Policy Partners Kevin Bennett Rural Fellow, The Commonwealth Fund In July 2025, Congress passed H.R. 1, which cut more than $900 billion from Medicaid — the largest cuts in the program’s history — and is...

Blog / May 20, 2025 Dawn Joyce Senior Vice President, Impact Health Policy Partners Lena Marceno Director, Impact Health Policy Partners Harper Eisen Junior Associate, Impact Health Policy Partners Dawn Joyce Senior Vice President, Impact Health Policy Partners Lena Marceno Director, Impact Health Policy Partners Harper Eisen Junior Associate, Impact Health Policy Partners Proposals to dramatically cut Medicaid funding could put the health and lives of nearly 24 million women at risk On the...

More than 78 million Americans — nearly one of four — are insured by Medicaid. In 2020, an estimated 40 percent of the nonelderly adult Medicaid population experienced a substance use or mental health disorder. Consequently, expanding Medicaid coverage can improve health outcomes for people with behavioral health care needs. The Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion, for instance, improved access to care for people with depression and other psychological distress.