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September 10, 2018
Health Care Coverage for Pregnant and Parenting Teens in California
Amy Chen Issue Brief
IntroductionTeens who become pregnant face a different set of challenges when accessing and receiving health care services as compared to adults who become pregnant. Teens may be uncertain how to obtain health care services related to their pregnancies. They may also need confidentiality, financial assistance, or information on whether…
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August 3, 2018
Fact Sheet: California’s Medi-Cal “Protection of Choice for Family Planning Act”
Amy Chen and Priscilla Huang Fact Sheet
Medicaid is the largest source of public funding for family planning services, accounting for seventy-five percent of all public funds spent on contraceptive services and supplies. Since 1972, Medicaid enrollees seeking family planning services have enjoyed free choice of provider. In 2017, responding to fears that the current administration…
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May 16, 2018
Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: The Gold Standard
Corey Davis, Carli Suba, and Amy Lieberman Issue Brief
Lack of access to proper treatment for substance use disorders is harming lives of thousands, write National Health Law Program's Carli Suba, Amy Lieberman and Corey Davis. "States and the federal government can use numerous means to ensure that health care providers receive evidence-based education in the appropriate treatment"…
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May 31, 2017
Briefs on Public Coverage of Family Planning and Abortion Services: Reproductive Health Care Coverage in Medi-Cal
dfitzgerald Manual/Report
NHeLP's Reproductive Health Data and Insurance Accountability Project (the Data Project) is releasing a series of Issue Briefs on state-specific legal requirements and procedures governing coverage and access to abortion and family planning services in Medicaid programs in nine states. The first one in the series describes California's Medi-Cal…
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March 31, 2017
Lessons from California
dfitzgerald Manual/Report
The 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…
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March 6, 2017
Evaluating Medicaid Block Grant & Per Capita Cap Proposals
Mara Youdelman Issue Brief
As 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…
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Health Care Coverage for Pregnant and Parenting Teens in California

Fact Sheet: California’s Medi-Cal “Protection of Choice for Family Planning Act”

Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: The Gold Standard

Briefs on Public Coverage of Family Planning and Abortion Services: Reproductive Health Care Coverage in Medi-Cal

Lessons from California

Evaluating Medicaid Block Grant & Per Capita Cap Proposals