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  • Don’t Deny the Gap

    Myths and Facts on Medicaid Expansion This blog post by the Utah Health Policy Project can serve as a useful template for advocates pushing for implementation of the adult Medicaid expansion. UHPP takes on the top seven arguments against closing Utah's coverage gap, with facts about the costs and…

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  • Lessons from CA: Delaying 2014 Renewals for Medi-Cal Enrollees

    In June, current enrollees of California's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, will be asked to complete a new renewal process and be evaluated under the new MAGI eligibility rules. But with nearly one million Medi-Cal applications still pending and a faulty IT system unable to accurately determine Medi-Cal eligibility, hundreds of…

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  • NHeLP Comments to Health Pennsylvania 1115 Proposal

    The Pennsylvania 1115 Medicaid proposal is an extremely dangerous one. Under the guise of expanding Medicaid it would enact historic cuts to the state's Medicaid program. Second, it tries to waive core Medicaid requirements. Approval of this demonstration as requested would be a serious harm to Medicaid enrollees in…

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  • Fact Sheet: Medicaid EPSDT Case Trends and Docket

    The Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) provisions are among the most specific in the Medicaid Act. See 42 U.S.C. §§ 1396a(a)(10)(A), 1396a(a)(43), 1396d(a)(4)(B), 1396d(r). EPSDT is critical for children with disabilities. Over the years, however, states have not adhered to their responsibilities, and litigation has resulted.…

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  • Medicaid Premiums and Cost Sharing

    This brief reviews the literature on the impact of premiums and cost sharing on enrollment, service utilization, and health status. It focuses particularly on how the research consensus fits with the flexibility Medicaid law gives states to establish premiums and cost sharing. It also highlights changes brought about by…

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  • NHeLP Matters – March 2014

    Summary of the recent accomplishments of NHeLP, including a win for Missouri's navigators, health reform implementation and defending women's health.

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