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March 4, 2015
Q&A: Health Expense Accounts in Medicaid
David Machledt and Jane Perkins Issue Brief
In considering whether to accept federal funds for the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) adult Medicaid expansion, several states have turned to approaches that establish individual accounts for beneficiaries to manage their Medicaid expenses. The Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP), implemented in 2008 and renewed with changes in 2015, was the first demonstration…
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February 13, 2015
Top 10 Takeaways: CBO Report on Medicaid Spending Caps
dfitzgerald Issue Brief
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February 9, 2015
Top 3 Takeaways: Burr-Hatch-Upton Plan to Replace the ACA
dfitzgerald Issue Brief
On February 4, 2015, three Republican legislators released a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Burr-Hatch-Upton plan (BHU) is titled the Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility, and Empowerment Act. After reading the legislators' summary of the proposal, NHeLP identified three key takeaways, which are outlined in our…
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January 22, 2015
Order Granting Preliminary Injunction in Rivera v. Douglas
dfitzgerald Court Document
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January 14, 2015
Health Advocate: Our New Year’s Resolutions
Susan Berke Fogel, Jane Perkins, and Mara Youdelman Health Advocate
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January 13, 2015
Amicus brief of the National Health Law Program in Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center
dfitzgerald Court Document
Amicus brief by NHeLP and advocates supporting the respondents and arguing that the history and purpose of the Medicaid Act illustrate the need for private enforcement when states' violations of the Medicaid Act are harming program beneficiaries. An adverse decision in this case would remove one of the primary…
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