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December 19, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Health Disparities, Issue 6
Leo Cuello, Deborah Reid, and Amy Chen Issue Brief
This sixth issue in NHeLP's Protect Medicaid Funding series centers on how cutting or capping Medicaid would seriously harm, if not halt, efforts to address widespread health disparities. Home and community based health services pioneered by Medicaid, for example, would likely be cut as states have less federal funds…
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December 19, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Affordability, Issue 5 (Updated Feb. 2017)
David Machledt Issue Brief
This fifth issue in NHeLP's Protect Medicaid Funding series examines how critical Medicaid is to helping low-income individuals and underserved populations access quality health care, and how efforts to cut or cap funding of Medicaid would endanger that access, and worsen health outcomes for the most vulnerable. For example,…
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December 19, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Medicaid Services, Issue 4 (Updated April 2017)
Michelle Lilienfeld, Shyaam Subramanian, and Amy Chen Issue Brief
The fourth issue in NHeLP's Protect Medicaid Funding series examines the dire consequences for the health of tens of millions of individuals who rely on the Medicaid guarantee. "Any reduction of mandatory services would negatively impact the health of vulnerable populations, including children, pregnant women, seniors, and persons with…
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December 19, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Older Adults and Individuals with Disabilities, Issue 3
David Machledt Issue Brief
This third issue in NHeLP's Protect Medicaid Funding series centers on policies to cut or cap Medicaid funding, and how such austerity actions would adversely impact the lives of older adults and individuals with disabilities. For example with capped federal funding, states facing budget shortfalls "would have strong incentives…
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December 19, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Children’s Health, Issue 1 (Updated June 2017)
Leo Cuello, Deborah Reid, and Wayne Turner Issue Brief
In a news series of fact sheets called Protect Medicaid Funding, NHeLP provides succinct analysis of the policy proposals that if enacted would jeopardize the the health and financial security of the tens of millions of low income individuals who depend on the Medicaid guarantee every year. In this first fact…
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December 17, 2016
Five Things You Can Do To Protect Medicaid & the ACA
Wayne Turner Issue Brief
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Protect Medicaid Funding: Health Disparities, Issue 6

Protect Medicaid Funding: Medicaid Services, Issue 4 (Updated April 2017)

Protect Medicaid Funding: Older Adults and Individuals with Disabilities, Issue 3

Protect Medicaid Funding: Children’s Health, Issue 1 (Updated June 2017)

Five Things You Can Do To Protect Medicaid & the ACA

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Protect Medicaid Funding: Health Disparities, Issue 6

Protect Medicaid Funding: Affordability, Issue 5 (Updated Feb. 2017)

Protect Medicaid Funding: Medicaid Services, Issue 4 (Updated April 2017)

Protect Medicaid Funding: Older Adults and Individuals with Disabilities, Issue 3

Protect Medicaid Funding: Children’s Health, Issue 1 (Updated June 2017)

Five Things You Can Do To Protect Medicaid & the ACA