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May 16, 2023
Health Coverage Options for Individuals Who Lose Medicaid During the Public Health Emergency Unwinding
Michelle Yiu Fact Sheet
During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), laws were enacted that allowed people to keep their Medicaid coverage even if they had changes to their eligibility, such as income or family size. This "continuous coverage" requirement ended on March 31, 2023, and as of April 1, 2023, state agencies…
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May 9, 2023
Women’s Health Defense Table Letter to Congressional Leadership Opposing Medicaid Work Requirements
Madeline Morcelle Letter
On May 9th, 2023, more than fifty organizational members of the Women's Health Defense Table (WHDT)* and national allies sent a letter to Congressional leadership urging them to exclude Medicaid work requirements and other program cuts from any debt ceiling or budget negotiations or legislation. Such changes would result…
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April 20, 2023
Risks and Rewards of Demographic Data Collection: How Effective Data Privacy Can Promote Health Equity
Charly Gilfoil, Naomi G. Goldberg, Patrick L. Mason, Mary Lou Breslin, Silvia Yee, and Georgia Burke Manual/Report, Fact Sheet, Guide
This four-part report series is a joint project of the National Health Law Program, the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), Justice in Aging, Movement Advancement Project, and Race Forward Data enables us to identify and study health programs and monitor trends in population health as never before.…
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April 17, 2023
What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid? — Affordability
David Machledt Issue Brief
The foundation of accessible health care is affordability. High premiums prevent people from getting insurance, increase uncompensated care in hospitals and emergency departments, and contribute to medical bankruptcies. People facing high cost-sharing often delay or avoid necessary medical care, even when they know it could lead to worse outcomes…
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April 17, 2023
What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid? Services
Wayne Turner, Catherine McKee, Amy Chen, Abigail Coursolle, Jasmine Young, and Héctor Hernández-Delgado Issue Brief
Medicaid offers myriad optional services and benefits that states can cover, as well as a minimum baseline of services that must be covered. This paper details the optional and mandatory services and how they are tailored to meet the health care needs of low-income people and underserved communities. The…
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April 17, 2023
What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid?
Wayne Turner Issue Brief, Fact Sheet
With the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, and the implementation of Medicaid expansions and Marketplaces in 2014, the U.S. significantly expanded access to health insurance coverage. Architects of the ACA rightly viewed Medicaid as an essential piece of the universal coverage puzzle. Indeed, Medicaid is…
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Health Coverage Options for Individuals Who Lose Medicaid During the Public Health Emergency Unwinding

Women’s Health Defense Table Letter to Congressional Leadership Opposing Medicaid Work Requirements

Risks and Rewards of Demographic Data Collection: How Effective Data Privacy Can Promote Health Equity

What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid? Services

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Health Coverage Options for Individuals Who Lose Medicaid During the Public Health Emergency Unwinding

Women’s Health Defense Table Letter to Congressional Leadership Opposing Medicaid Work Requirements

Risks and Rewards of Demographic Data Collection: How Effective Data Privacy Can Promote Health Equity

What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid? — Affordability

What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid? Services

What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid?