Each year, the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) spends the month of April celebrating the lifesaving program that is Medicaid. Medicaid provides quality health care to more than 80 million people in the nation. Below is a curated selection or resources and cases we believe highlight our advocacy over the past year.
- August 22, 2023
LGBTQ+ Unwinding Fact Sheets for Medi-Cal and Medicaid
Skyler Rosellini and Michelle YiuIn partnership with Equality California and its affiliate Silver State Equality, the National Health Law Program created two fact…
- August 11, 2023
Medicaid Eligibility Call Centers: Questions for LEP & Disability Access
Elizabeth Edwards and Mara YoudelmanCall centers are often the primary way that Medicaid enrollees interact with the Medicaid agency. During the unwinding of…
- August 1, 2023
Case Explainer: Health & Hospital System of Marion Co., Indiana v. Talevski
Jane PerkinsIn Health and Hospital System of Marion County, Indiana v. Talevski, the Supreme Court addressed whether provisions of federal…
- May 30, 2023
Trends in State Medicaid Continuous Coverage Unwinding Plans
Cassandra LaRoseAs part of the Medicaid continuous coverage unwinding, states were required to create plans to describe how they will…
- May 16, 2023
Helping Those on HCBS Waiting Lists: Positive Impacts of the ACA
Elizabeth Edwards, Dania Douglas, and Michelle YiuExpanded services and coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and its Medicaid expansion provide states opportunities to decrease…
- May 15, 2023
“Unfit” to work? How Medicaid Work Requirements Hurt People with Disabilities
David MachledtNew proposals to impose harsh work requirements in the Medicaid program will cause people with disabilities to lose Medicaid…
- May 10, 2023
How Funding and Eligibility Cuts to Medicaid Harm Response Efforts to Public Health Crises (Updated May 2023)
Michelle YiuCongressional Republican leadership is considering funding and eligibility cuts to Medicaid, such as work requirements, block grants, and per…
- May 2, 2023
Protect Medicaid Funding Issue #12: LGBTQI+ People
Charly Gilfoil and Michelle YiuAs part of our Protect Medicaid Funding series, NHeLP provides succinct analysis of the policy proposals that if enacted…
- April 26, 2023
Top 10 Reasons Why Speaker McCarthy’s Work Requirements Are Bad for Medicaid
Mara Youdelman and David MachledtHouse of Representatives Speaker McCarthy recently released his long-awaited bill to address the debt ceiling. As expected, he included…
- April 20, 2023
The Faces of Medicaid Expansion: Filling Gaps in Coverage
David MachledtThis updated paper examines the demographics of the Medicaid expansion population and provides insights into how expansion has impacted…
- April 17, 2023
“What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid?” Series
National Health Law Program (NHeLP)Congressional Republican leadership is considering policies that would cut funding for Medicaid as part of the debt ceiling negotiation.…
- April 17, 2023
What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid? — Affordability
David MachledtThe foundation of accessible health care is affordability. High premiums prevent people from getting insurance, increase uncompensated care in…
- April 17, 2023
What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid? — Consumer Protections and Due Process
Kimberly Lewis, Wayne Turner, and Skyler RoselliniTo ensure that Medicaid beneficiaries have complete access to quality health care, Medicaid provides important consumer protections and due…
- April 17, 2023
What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid? Services
Wayne Turner, Catherine McKee, Amy Chen, Abigail Coursolle, Jasmine Young, and Héctor Hernández-DelgadoMedicaid offers myriad optional services and benefits that states can cover, as well as a minimum baseline of services…
- April 17, 2023
What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid? Access
Abigail Coursolle, Wayne Turner, David Machledt, and Carly MyersMedicaid is designed to include many protections that ensure that beneficiaries get more than a coverage card. Medicaid ensures…
- April 17, 2023
What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid?
Wayne TurnerWith the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, and the implementation of Medicaid expansions and Marketplaces…
- March 17, 2023
Evaluating Medicaid Block Grants & Per Capita Caps (Updated 2023)
Mara YoudelmanAs the debt ceiling debate moves forward in Congress, we expect Republican proposals to dramatically limit the funding structure…
- March 17, 2023
Per Capita Caps vs. Block Grants in Medicaid (Updated 2023)
Mara YoudelmanWhat is the difference between per capita caps and block grants in Medicaid? Both are tools long championed by…
- March 17, 2023
Fact Sheet: What is a Per Capita Cap? (Updated 2023)
Mara YoudelmanThe current Congressional debt ceiling debate is likely to revive Republican efforts to restrict Medicaid funding. One proposal would…
- March 16, 2023
Protect Medicaid Funding series (2023)
Michelle Yiu, Emma Parker-Newton, David Machledt, Amy Chen, Madeline Morcelle, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, Catherine McKee, Mara Youdelman, Wayne Turner, Dania Douglas, and Charly GilfoilA 2024 update of this series can be found here. In an updated series of fact sheets called Protect…
