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June 4, 2019
Public Comments on Medicaid’s Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMD) Exclusion
Jennifer Lav Comments
As part of Support for Patients and Communities Act of 2018 (Support Act), Congress requested MACPAC submit a report on IMDs, and include any recommendations for changes to the exclusion. Any proposed changes to the IMD exclusion should be made with the utmost caution, and without undermining the purpose…
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May 31, 2019
Mobile Crisis Intervention: A Critical Part of CA Continuum of Care for Children and Youth with Mental Health Needs
Alexis Robles-Fradet california, Homepage
May is Mental Health month and we recognize the struggle that many people go through daily when faced with mental illness. Approximately one in five youth ages 13 – 18 in the U.S. have a psychiatric or emotional disorder.Many of these youth are also in crisis. Suicide is the…
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May 28, 2019
Administration’s Proposed Regulation Change to ACA’s Nondiscrimination Provision Would Rollback Civil and Health Rights Progress
Elizabeth G. Taylor 1557, Disability, Health Equity, Homepage
Opening the door to discrimination in our health care system is no way to ensure equal access to vital health care coverage or to plan for our country’s future. We should be building on the progress we made in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in making health care available…
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May 24, 2019
Administration Announces Proposed Regulation Change to Subvert ACA’s Civil Rights Protections
National Health Law Program Criticizes Administration for Encouraging Discrimination and Continuing Efforts of SabotageWashington, D.C. – After years of executive orders and other actions to sabotage the landmark Affordable Care Act, the Trump administration is acting to undermine an integral provision of the ACA, its civil rights protections for…
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May 23, 2019
Marketplace Enrollment Resources
In the Loop was an innovative online community for enrollment assisters jointly run by Community Catalyst and the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) from October 2012- May 2019. In the Loop provided crucial support for over 5,000 enrollment assisters who received real-time answers to enrollment questions and best practices from other…
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May 22, 2019
Arkansas’ Work Requirement Disaster is Coming to Indiana
Joe McLean and Brian Brooks Homepage
HHS CMS Administrator Seema VermaIn 2019, for the first time, Indiana’s Medicaid program will require adults to work or volunteer each month to keep their health coverage. Under the Healthy Indiana Plan, the state will take away Medicaid coverage from people who do not report enough work hours,…
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Public Comments on Medicaid’s Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMD) Exclusion

Mobile Crisis Intervention: A Critical Part of CA Continuum of Care for Children and Youth with Mental Health Needs

Administration’s Proposed Regulation Change to ACA’s Nondiscrimination Provision Would Rollback Civil and Health Rights Progress

Administration Announces Proposed Regulation Change to Subvert ACA’s Civil Rights Protections

Marketplace Enrollment Resources

Arkansas’ Work Requirement Disaster is Coming to Indiana