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  • June 22, 2017

    Innovative Solutions for Medicaid

    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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  • June 22, 2017

    How Per Capita Caps Harm the Prevention and Treatment of New Viruses

    If Congress enacts a per capita cap on Medicaid, states will have fewer resources to prevent and treat the spread of emerging diseases, such as the recent outbreak of Zika in the southern United States and Puerto Rico. In this issue brief, Staff Attorney Candace Gibson argues that proposed…

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  • June 22, 2017

    Medicaid Per Capita Caps: A Cut in Sheep’s Clothing

    For more than 50 years, Medicaid has efficiently provided health care to low income individuals and families through a unique federal-state partnership, with the federal government contributing a guaranteed amount of each dollar a state spends on Medicaid. Under the American Health Care Act (AHCA), Republicans propose to terminate…

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  • June 19, 2017

    Protect Medi-Cal Funding Series, Health Disparities

    California's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, is critical to addressing health disparities, providing health care coverage to people of color to at least 68 percent of its enrolled population. In the sixth Issue Brief of a 12-part "Protect Medi-Cal Funding," series, NHeLP Senior Attorney Fabiola Carrión explains how federal cuts to Medicaid…

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  • June 13, 2017

    Evaluating Functional Assessments for Older Adults

    State Medicaid agencies and their contractors rely on functional assessment tools to make coverage and eligibility decisions for long-term services and supports (LTSS). Many states use tools developed and licensed by private entities, while others have developed and implemented their own tools. The variety of tools is staggering. One…

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  • June 9, 2017

    Protect Medi-Cal Funding Series, Medi-Cal Affordability

    California's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, promotes ensuring low-income residents and those mired in poverty are able to access quality health care. For example, California, has strong protections to restrict premiums and other cost barriers to health care for the state's most vulnerable populations. In the fifth Issue Brief of a…

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