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July 12, 2017
Senate ACA Repeal Bill Allows States to Erode Affordable, Comprehensive Coverage
dfitzgerald Consumer Brochure
The Senate's effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would result in an erosion of consumer protections by allowing states much greater ability to waive through Section 1332 of the ACA key provisions of the health care law, such as the law's "requirement that insurers in the marketplace…
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July 7, 2017
Protect Medi-Cal Funding, Enrollment & Continuity of Coverage
dfitzgerald Issue Brief
The Senate Republican's effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act and gut Medicaid funding, would "jeopardize the health and financial security of more than 12 million Californians -- one third of the state's residents -- who rely on Medi-Cal ," writes Staff Attorney Alicia Kauk in the eighth Issue…
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June 30, 2017
Protect Medi-Cal Funding, Women Living with HIV
dfitzgerald Issue Brief
California's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, covers nearly 30,000 Californians living with HIV. Women living with HIV are disproportionately women of color, and their communities benefit significantly from access to health care through Medi-Cal. The Senate Republican's bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act and gut Medicaid funding would endanger California's…
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June 29, 2017
10 Changes to Medicaid Under Senate’s ACA Repeal Bill: CA Implications (Updated)
dfitzgerald Issue Brief
On July 13, Senate Republicans updated the bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and eliminate the current financing structure of Medicaid under the guise of the Better Care Reconciliation Act or BCRA 2.0. This fact sheet was updated on July 21 to reflect the latest version --…
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June 26, 2017
Detrimental Effects of Allowing States to Waive the Essential Health Benefits
Michelle Lilienfeld and Hector Hernandez-Delgado Issue Brief
In "Detrimental Effects of Allowing States to Waive the Essential Health Benefits," Senior Attorney Michelle Lilienfeld and Staff Attorney Héctor Hernández-Delgado explain how the Senate's Better Care Reconciliation Act makes it easy for states to get rid of the Essential Health Benefits requirement and as a result leave consumers facing higher out-of-pocket costs and less…
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June 22, 2017
Innovative Solutions for Medicaid
dfitzgerald Issue Brief
Proposals in Congress to impose per capita caps on Medicaid would greatly hobble states efforts to provide health care to its low income residents. "Capping Medicaid is the wrong approach, especially considering that states already have solutions to meet the needs of their residents that will actually reduce costs,"…
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Senate ACA Repeal Bill Allows States to Erode Affordable, Comprehensive Coverage

Protect Medi-Cal Funding, Enrollment & Continuity of Coverage

Protect Medi-Cal Funding, Women Living with HIV

10 Changes to Medicaid Under Senate’s ACA Repeal Bill: CA Implications (Updated)

Detrimental Effects of Allowing States to Waive the Essential Health Benefits

Innovative Solutions for Medicaid