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December 22, 2016
Health Advocate: Delivery System Reform & Medicaid Caps
Leo Cuello Health Advocate
Efforts to cut or cap Medicaid that are being discussed by members of the new Congress and incoming administration could greatly disrupt delivery system reforms. Such reforms, as noted by Health Policy Director Leonardo Cuello, are designed to improve quality of care and reduce costs. In December's Health Advocate, Cuello…
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December 19, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Enrollment and Continuity, Issue 8 (Updated Feb. 2017)
Leo Cuello and David Machledt Issue Brief
Medicaid provides proven, tailored health care coverage for low-income individuals and families. NHeLP's Health Policy Director Leonardo Cuello and Senior Policy Analyst David Machledt explain how Medicaid's "core consumer protections make the program work for enrolled populations, including children, parents, pregnant women, low-income workers, older adults, and people with…
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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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Health Advocate: Delivery System Reform & Medicaid Caps

Protect Medicaid Funding: Enrollment and Continuity, Issue 8 (Updated Feb. 2017)

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

Medicaid Archive

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Health Advocate: Delivery System Reform & Medicaid Caps

Protect Medicaid Funding: Enrollment and Continuity, Issue 8 (Updated Feb. 2017)

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