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May 27, 2022
California’s Historic Medi-Cal Exclusion Removal for Older Adults Regardless of Immigration Status
Alicia Emanuel and Iván Barragan* california, Eligibility & Enrollment, Uncategorized
*Co-authored with Iván Barragan, CA Immigrant Policy CenterAs of May 1, 2022, California removed the exclusion to full-scope Medi-Cal for all income-eligible adults ages 50 and older, regardless of immigration status. At least 244,000 Californians have already been enrolled and benefited from this historic “Older Adult” victory. This advancement…
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March 24, 2022
Medicaid Programs Need to Prepare Now for the End of the COVID Public Health Emergency
Jane Perkins Coronavirus, COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, Disability, Eligibility & Enrollment, Medicaid Awareness Month
This article was originally published by The Network for Public Health Law.Barring a new COVID surge, all indications are that the Biden Administration will declare an end to the COVID public health emergency (PHE) sometime this year. Over the course of the pandemic, a PHE has been declared and extended at 90-day intervals.…
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June 30, 2021
A Promise Unfulfilled: Automated Medicaid Eligibility Decisions
Sarah Grusin Automated Decision-Making, Delivery System Reform, Disability, Eligibility & Enrollment, Medicaid Awareness Month, Uncategorized
States have spent millions of dollars building Medicaid eligibility systems that promise automated, real-time, and accurate eligibility decisions. This is a worthy goal because unnecessary paperwork burdens cause eligible individuals to lose coverage for failure to complete forms. The promise of automated eligibility determinations, however, is often not realized…
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June 14, 2021
Preventing Harm from Automated Decision-Making Systems in Medicaid
Elizabeth Edwards Automated Decision-Making, Delivery System Reform, Disability, Eligibility & Enrollment, Uncategorized
Algorithms and other automated decision-making systems (ADS) are omnipresent features of today’s Medicaid systems. While there are some advantages to automated decisions, the idea that such decisions are free from bias or error is false. Humans are behind the design, programming, and ultimate decisions on what to do with…
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September 23, 2020
California Should Do More to Get Eligible Individuals on Medi-Cal During this Unprecedented Pandemic and Wildfire Crisis
Alicia Emanuel and Kimberly Lewis california, Coronavirus, Eligibility & Enrollment
There is no doubt that the coronavirus pandemic has impacted every part of our lives. As COVID-19 tears through communities across the country, the number of Americans filing unemployment claims continues to rise at a historic pace, and 30-40 million Americans are at risk of eviction. Access to affordable…
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July 30, 2020
Excluding Immigrants from COVID-19 Relief: What’s Old is New Again
Sarah Grusin Coronavirus, Eligibility & Enrollment, Health Equity, Immigrant Health
During the pandemic, our government should be making every effort to remove exclusions and barriers to health care, conducting proactive outreach to immigrant communities, and striving to ensure that everyone has comprehensive health care. Instead, already marginalized immigrants continue to be excluded from federal relief efforts and are subject…
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California’s Historic Medi-Cal Exclusion Removal for Older Adults Regardless of Immigration Status

Medicaid Programs Need to Prepare Now for the End of the COVID Public Health Emergency

A Promise Unfulfilled: Automated Medicaid Eligibility Decisions

Preventing Harm from Automated Decision-Making Systems in Medicaid

California Should Do More to Get Eligible Individuals on Medi-Cal During this Unprecedented Pandemic and Wildfire Crisis

Eligibility & Enrollment

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California’s Historic Medi-Cal Exclusion Removal for Older Adults Regardless of Immigration Status

Medicaid Programs Need to Prepare Now for the End of the COVID Public Health Emergency

A Promise Unfulfilled: Automated Medicaid Eligibility Decisions

Preventing Harm from Automated Decision-Making Systems in Medicaid

California Should Do More to Get Eligible Individuals on Medi-Cal During this Unprecedented Pandemic and Wildfire Crisis

Excluding Immigrants from COVID-19 Relief: What’s Old is New Again