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February 10, 2017
Protect Medicaid Funding: Women Living with HIV, Issue 7 (Updated Feb. 2017)
Jamille Fields and Catherine McKee Issue Brief
Cutting the funding of Medicaid whether through block grants or a per capita cap will result in yanking health care coverage from our most vulnerable. Medicaid covers almost half of all people getting regular HIV treatment, many of them women. Limiting the scope of Medicaid will leave many without…
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February 9, 2017
Groups Urge Senate to Block Nomination of Rep. Tom Price to Lead HHS
Andy DiAntonio Letter
More than 80 public interest groups urged the Senate to defeat the nomination of Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The groups' letter to the Senate notes that the mission of HHS is to "enhance and protect the health and…
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January 25, 2017
Health Advocate: The Year Ahead: Medicaid Works!
Mara Youdelman Health Advocate
With the Trump administration and lawmakers in the new Congress suggesting they will pursue changing Medicaid through block grants or capping or cutting its federal funding, NHeLP D.C. Managing Attorney Mara Youdelman details the ways Medicaid is helping tens of millions of Americans each year. "Medicaid is more important than…
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December 30, 2016
Lessons from California: Fighting For Medicaid In 2017
Andy DiAntonio Issue Brief
California's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, has significantly bettered the health care of tens of millions of Californians, and any cuts to the program would be devastating, writes NHeLP Staff Attorney Cori Racela in this month's "Lessons from California." The harm to Medi-Cal and statewide health care coverage could occur, Racela notes,…
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December 26, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Substance and Opioid Use Disorders
Corey Davis and Hector Hernandez-Delgado Issue Brief
The tenth issue in NHeLP's Protect Medicaid Funding series examines the vital role Medicaid plays in "preventing and treating substance use disorders (SUD)," among the nation's most vulnerable people. The fact sheet also explores how austerity measures embraced by conservative lawmakers and advocates would harm the health of low-income…
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December 22, 2016
Health Advocate: Delivery System Reform & Medicaid Caps
Leo Cuello and Andy DiAntonio 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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Protect Medicaid Funding: Women Living with HIV, Issue 7 (Updated Feb. 2017)

Groups Urge Senate to Block Nomination of Rep. Tom Price to Lead HHS

Health Advocate: The Year Ahead: Medicaid Works!

Lessons from California: Fighting For Medicaid In 2017

Protect Medicaid Funding: Substance and Opioid Use Disorders

Health Advocate: Delivery System Reform & Medicaid Caps