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May 15, 2023
Principles for Fairer, More Responsive Automated Decision-Making Systems
Elizabeth Edwards and David Machledt Issue Brief, Manual/Report, Fact Sheet, Guide, Case Explainer
Many government agencies use automated decision-making systems (ADS) for public benefits coverage and enrollment decisions, including Medicaid. By ADS we mean, broadly, systems that use standardized logic or algorithms to assess eligibility for and access to public benefits. This includes not only sophisticated “big data” systems, such as programs…
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May 15, 2023
“Unfit” to work? How Medicaid Work Requirements Hurt People with Disabilities
David Machledt Issue Brief, Fact Sheet
New proposals to impose harsh work requirements in the Medicaid program will cause people with disabilities to lose Medicaid coverage. This brief shows how Medicaid already supports employment opportunities for people with disabilities seeking to work -- supports that work requirements may undermine. It provides evidence showing that exemption…
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May 9, 2023
Women’s Health Defense Table Letter to Congressional Leadership Opposing Medicaid Work Requirements
Madeline Morcelle Letter
On May 9th, 2023, more than fifty organizational members of the Women's Health Defense Table (WHDT)* and national allies sent a letter to Congressional leadership urging them to exclude Medicaid work requirements and other program cuts from any debt ceiling or budget negotiations or legislation. Such changes would result…
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May 2, 2023
Protect Medicaid Funding Issue #12: LGBTQI+ People
Charly Gilfoil and Michelle Yiu Fact Sheet
As part of our Protect Medicaid Funding series, NHeLP provides succinct analysis of the policy proposals that if enacted would jeopardize the health and financial security of the tens of millions of low-income individuals who depend on the Medicaid guarantee every year. This fact sheet provides up-to-date information about…
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April 20, 2023
Risks and Rewards of Demographic Data Collection: How Effective Data Privacy Can Promote Health Equity
Charly Gilfoil, Naomi G. Goldberg, Patrick L. Mason, Mary Lou Breslin, Silvia Yee, and Georgia Burke Manual/Report, Fact Sheet, Guide
This four-part report series is a joint project of the National Health Law Program, the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), Justice in Aging, Movement Advancement Project, and Race Forward Data enables us to identify and study health programs and monitor trends in population health as never before.…
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April 17, 2023
What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid?
Wayne Turner Issue Brief, Fact Sheet
With the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, and the implementation of Medicaid expansions and Marketplaces in 2014, the U.S. significantly expanded access to health insurance coverage. Architects of the ACA rightly viewed Medicaid as an essential piece of the universal coverage puzzle. Indeed, Medicaid is…
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Principles for Fairer, More Responsive Automated Decision-Making Systems

“Unfit” to work? How Medicaid Work Requirements Hurt People with Disabilities

Women’s Health Defense Table Letter to Congressional Leadership Opposing Medicaid Work Requirements

Protect Medicaid Funding Issue #12: LGBTQI+ People

Risks and Rewards of Demographic Data Collection: How Effective Data Privacy Can Promote Health Equity

Civil Rights & Health Equity Archive

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Principles for Fairer, More Responsive Automated Decision-Making Systems

“Unfit” to work? How Medicaid Work Requirements Hurt People with Disabilities

Women’s Health Defense Table Letter to Congressional Leadership Opposing Medicaid Work Requirements

Protect Medicaid Funding Issue #12: LGBTQI+ People

Risks and Rewards of Demographic Data Collection: How Effective Data Privacy Can Promote Health Equity

What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid?