Archive for May, 2017

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May 31, 2017
Briefs on Public Coverage of Family Planning and Abortion Services
dfitzgerald Manual/Report
NHeLP's Reproductive Health Data and Insurance Accountability Project (the Data Project) is releasing a series of Issue Briefs on state-specific legal requirements and procedures governing coverage and access to abortion and family planning services in Medicaid programs in nine states. The first one in the series describes California's Medi-Cal…
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May 31, 2017
Threats to Women’s Reproductive Health Under the American Health Care Act (AHCA)
Amy Chen Manual/Report
The so-called American Health Care Act (AHCA), pending in the U.S. Senate, would repeal progressive health care reforms brought about by the landmark Affordable Care Act (ACA), especially harming women's access to reproductive health care services. In this fact sheet, Senior Attorney Amy Chen explains how AHCA would severely…
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May 25, 2017
Protect Medi-Cal Funding Series, Older Adults, and Individuals with Disabilities
dfitzgerald Issue Brief
California's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, is vital to the health of millions of older adults and individuals with disabilities in the state, providing access to quality care for low-income patients. That care is threatened by proposals pending in Congress. In the third Issue Brief of a 12-part "Protect Medi-Cal Funding,"…
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May 22, 2017
The Faces of Medicaid Expansion: Filling Gaps in Coverage
David Machledt Manual/Report
Medicaid expansion via the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has provided tens of millions of individual adults, mostly low-income workers, people with disabling conditions, students, and parents and family caregivers, with critical health care coverage that is strengthening their lives and communities, as Senior Policy Analyst David Machledt notes in a…
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May 19, 2017
Protect Medi-Cal Funding Series, Women’s Health in California
Amy Chen Issue Brief
California's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, is vital to the health of millions of women in the state, providing access to quality care for low-income patients, but that care is threatened by proposals pending Congress. In the second of a 12-part "Protect Medi-Cal Funding," series, NHeLP Senior Attorney Amy Chen explains how…
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May 16, 2017
Q&A: Recent Action Undermines Title X Program and Threatens Women’s Health
Catherine McKee and Candace Gibson Consumer Brochure
Recently the Trump administration took action to undermine a federal program that provides access to family planning services that affects millions of women. In "Q&A: Recent Action Undermines Title X Program and Threatens Women's Health," Staff Attorney Candace Gibson and Senior Attorney Catherine McKee, explain what Title X is…
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