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- December 15, 2016
Fact Sheet: Per Capita Caps vs. Block Grants in Medicaid
Read moreWhat is the difference between per capita caps and block grants in Medicaid? Both are tools long championed by conservatives as ways to supposedly improve the Medicaid guarantee. In this new one-page fact sheet, NHeLP explains that the differences are minor, but both would produce similar results -- either tool…
- December 13, 2016
Fact Sheet: What is a Per Capita Cap?
Read moreThe incoming administration and the forthcoming conservative majorities in Congress are advocating changes to Medicaid intended to greatly limit the intent of Medicaid and its scope. One tool being proposed by the politically conservative majorities is something called a "per capita cap." NHeLP, which fights to preserve and bolster…
- December 9, 2016
Protect Our Care Launched to Fight Health Care Repeal
Read moreThe National Health Law Program joined with other national health care and social and economic justice groups to fight President-elect Trump and Congress in their reckless effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), with no plans to ensure or improve upon the health care rights protected by the…
- December 2, 2016
Amicus Brief: Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri v. Mosier
Read moreNHeLP and other health care and women's advocates filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit urging it to affirm a federal district court's ruling that Kansas was violating the Medicaid Act's free choice of provider provision, by barring federal funding of state…
- December 1, 2016
Fact Sheet: Utilization Controls for Medicaid Prescription Drugs
Read moreState Medicaid programs that elect to provide outpatient prescription drug coverage must cover all FDA-approved drugs that are offered by a manufacturer that agrees to provide rebates. Nevertheless, states have substantial discretion to use utilization control techniques to steer Medicaid beneficiaries toward or away from certain drugs, within limits.…
- November 30, 2016
Fact Sheet: Medicaid Outpatient Prescription Drugs
Read morePrescription drug coverage is an important facet of the Medicaid program. Although an optional benefit, all states cover outpatient prescription drugs in their Medicaid programs.This fact sheet provides an overview of Medicaid outpatient prescription drug coverage, including: federal minimum requirements, state restrictions on prescription drug access, and special rules…
