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- June 20, 2017
Threats to Public Health Under the American Health Care Act (AHCA)
Read moreEvidence shows that funding public health initiatives not only improves health outcomes, it also reduces health care costs. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) contains several mechanisms to fund public health initiatives. The largest of these is the Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF). The PPHF was created by ACA…
- June 1, 2017
Medicaid Caps and the Opioid Epidemic
Read moreMedicaid is the largest source of health care coverage for individuals with substance use disorders, NHeLP Staff Attorney Héctor Hernández-Delgado writes in this month's "Health Advocate." He details how slashing Medicaid funding, as proposed in the so-called American Health Care Act (AHCA), would result in millions of individuals losing SUD treatment.…
- March 31, 2017
Lessons from California
Read moreThe House Republicans' "American Health Care Act" would have harmed California disproportionately, NHeLP Staff Attorney Alicia Kauk writes in this month's "Lessons from California." She notes, "As many as 14 million Medi-Cal individuals, 9.3 million who are people of color, stood to lose coverage or significant reductions in services…
- March 6, 2017
Evaluating Medicaid Block Grant & Per Capita Cap Proposals
Read moreAs Congress moves forward with consideration of policies to dramatically limit the funding structure of Medicaid, NHeLP Managing Attorney of the DC Office Mara Youdelman provides questions to help in assessing the impact of the forthcoming austerity proposals. "Since the overall goal of Republicans in Congress remains slashing government…
- March 3, 2017
NHeLP Letter Urging Transparency of Efforts to Harm Medicaid & Repeal the ACA
Read moreIn a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan, Executive Director Elizabeth G. Taylor urges congressional hearings for any measures to "dramatically change the financing structure of Medicaid," and repeal the Affordable Care Act. The letter notes the vital role Medicaid plays in ensuring 74 million individuals have access to…
