Medicaid Awareness Month Resources

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.

July 7, 2017
Protect Medi-Cal Funding, Enrollment & Continuity of Coverage
Andy DiAntonio
The Senate Republican's effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act and gut Medicaid funding, would "jeopardize the health and…
July 5, 2017
Sec. 1115 Demonstration Authority: Medicaid Provisions That Prohibit a Waiver
Jane Perkins
With HHS Secretary Tom Price open to Section 1115 waivers in Medicaid that could create obstacles to accessing Medicaid…
June 30, 2017
Protect Medi-Cal Funding, Women Living with HIV
Andy DiAntonio
California's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, covers nearly 30,000 Californians living with HIV. Women living with HIV are disproportionately women of…
June 29, 2017
Top 10 Threats to Women’s Reproductive Health Under Senate Bill: CA Implications
Amy Chen
The Senate bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and radically slash Medicaid funding threatens California women's access…
June 29, 2017
10 Changes to Medicaid Under Senate’s ACA Repeal Bill: CA Implications (Updated)
Andy DiAntonio
On July 13, Senate Republicans updated the bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and eliminate the current…
June 26, 2017
Detrimental Effects of Allowing States to Waive the Essential Health Benefits
Michelle Lilienfeld and Hector Hernandez-Delgado
In "Detrimental Effects of Allowing States to Waive the Essential Health Benefits," Senior Attorney Michelle Lilienfeld and Staff Attorney Héctor Hernández-Delgado explain how…
June 26, 2017
Top 10 Threats to Women’s Reproductive Health Under the Senate’s ACA Repeal Bill
Amy Chen
The Senate bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and radically slash Medicaid funding poses serious threats the…
June 26, 2017
Top 10 Changes to Medicaid Under Senate’s ACA Repeal Bill (Updated)
Kim Lewis and Mara Youdelman
Senate leadership on July 13 announced its "draft discussion" bill providing slight revisions to its so-called "Better Care Reconciliation…
June 22, 2017
Innovative Solutions for Medicaid
Andy DiAntonio
Proposals in Congress to impose per capita caps on Medicaid would greatly hobble states efforts to provide health care…
June 22, 2017
How Per Capita Caps Harm the Prevention and Treatment of New Viruses
Andy DiAntonio
If Congress enacts a per capita cap on Medicaid, states will have fewer resources to prevent and treat the…
June 22, 2017
Medicaid Per Capita Caps: A Cut in Sheep’s Clothing
Jennifer Lav
For more than 50 years, Medicaid has efficiently provided health care to low income individuals and families through a…
June 19, 2017
Protect Medi-Cal Funding Series, Health Disparities
Fabiola De Liban
California's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, is critical to addressing health disparities, providing health care coverage to people of color to…
June 13, 2017
Evaluating Functional Assessments for Older Adults
David Machledt
State Medicaid agencies and their contractors rely on functional assessment tools to make coverage and eligibility decisions for long-term…
June 9, 2017
Protect Medi-Cal Funding Series, Medi-Cal Affordability
Andy DiAntonio
California's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, promotes ensuring low-income residents and those mired in poverty are able to access quality health…
June 1, 2017
Medicaid Caps and the Opioid Epidemic
Andy DiAntonio
Medicaid is the largest source of health care coverage for individuals with substance use disorders, NHeLP Staff Attorney Héctor Hernández-Delgado writes…
May 31, 2017
Threats to Women’s Reproductive Health Under the American Health Care Act (AHCA)
Amy Chen
The so-called American Health Care Act (AHCA), pending in the U.S. Senate, would repeal progressive health care reforms brought…
May 25, 2017
Protect Medi-Cal Funding Series, Older Adults, and Individuals with Disabilities
Andy DiAntonio
California's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, is vital to the health of millions of older adults and individuals with disabilities in…
May 19, 2017
Protect Medi-Cal Funding Series, Women’s Health in California
Amy Chen
California's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, is vital to the health of millions of women in the state, providing access to…
May 12, 2017
Protect Medi-Cal Funding Series, Children’s Health in California
Alicia Emanuel
In the first of a 12-part "Protect Medi-Cal Funding," series, NHeLP Staff Attorney Alicia Kauk details the importance of…
April 29, 2017
Quick Review: Transparency, Opportunity for Comment
Jane Perkins, Mara Youdelman, and Catherine McKee
A Quick Review of transparency and opportunity for public comment in requests for Section 1115 Waivers. In this brief…