Archive for February, 2017

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February 7, 2017
Medicaid & the ACA: Vital Tools in Addressing the Opioid Epidemic
Corey Davis and Héctor Hernández-Delgado Issue Brief
The Affordable Care Act and Medicaid have been "instrumental in increasing access to evidence-based prevention and treatment for people with and at risk for SUD," write Senior Attorney Corey Davis and Health Law Fellow Hector Hernandez-Delgado in an extensive new Issue Brief. The authors explain how efforts to repeal…
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February 2, 2017
Lessons from California: CA Uses Legislation to Defend the ACA and Medicaid
Abbi Coursolle Manual/Report
With active efforts under way by Republicans in Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Staff Attorney Abbi Coursolle in this month's Lessons from California highlights the need to look to state legislative opportunities to preserve the gains made in health care coverage and enact consumer protections.
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February 1, 2017
Q&A: How Upcoming Efforts to Transform Medicaid Could Affect Abortion Coverage
Catherine McKee Manual/Report
Conservative lawmakers in Congress have signaled they will consider fundamental changes to Medicaid, ones that as Staff Attorney Catherine McKee notes could further reduce coverage of abortions. In this paper, McKee explains current Medicaid coverage of abortion care, describes how Medicaid funding structure and general coverage requirements would change under…
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