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- June 19, 2017
Protect Medi-Cal Funding Series, Health Disparities
Read moreCalifornia'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…
- May 25, 2017
Protect Medi-Cal Funding Series, Older Adults, and Individuals with Disabilities
Read moreCalifornia's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, is vital to the health of millions of older adults and individuals with disabilities in the state, providing access to quality care for low-income patients. That care is threatened by proposals pending in Congress. In the third Issue Brief of a 12-part "Protect Medi-Cal Funding,"…
- February 15, 2017
Congressional Plans to Repeal the ACA Will Harm Victims of Black Lung
Read moreAs NPR has recently noted black lung is not a thing of the past, with the numbers of those infected rising at "epidemic rates." Health and worker safety experts say the rates of the disease are hitting hardest in several states, such as Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and…
- January 11, 2017
Ten Ways the Affordable Care Act Helps Older Adults and People with Disabilities
Read moreNHeLP Senior Policy Analyst David Machledt provides a succinct examination of the ways the Affordable Care Act is improving the lives of older adults and people with disabilities. For example, the ACA bars health plans from discriminating against those with pre-existing conditions and since its enactment 3.6 million people with…
- December 19, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Older Adults and Individuals with Disabilities, Issue 3
Read moreThis 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…
