Medicaid Policy Shifts and What They Mean

Jennifer Wagner is the Director of Medicaid Eligibility & Enrollment with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. She focuses on how policy, operations, and technology can improve the enrollment experience for clients and staff and ensure more eligible individuals access needed supports, particularly in Medicaid and SNAP. Previously, she was an Associate Director with the Illinois Department of Human Services where she was responsible for SNAP and TANF policy and oversaw local office operations statewide that determined eligibility for SNAP, TANF, and Medicaid. Jennifer helped lead the modernization of policy, business processes, and technology in connection with Affordable Care Act implementation in Illinois. She was a Skadden Fellow at the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, is a 2008 graduate of Northwestern University School of Law, and holds a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.