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June 19, 2017
Protect Medi-Cal Funding Series, Health Disparities
Fabiola De Liban Issue Brief
California's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, is critical to addressing health disparities, providing health care coverage to people of color to at least 68 percent of its enrolled population. In the sixth Issue Brief of a 12-part "Protect Medi-Cal Funding," series, NHeLP Senior Attorney Fabiola Carrión explains how federal cuts to Medicaid…
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June 13, 2017
Evaluating Functional Assessments for Older Adults
David Machledt Issue Brief
State Medicaid agencies and their contractors rely on functional assessment tools to make coverage and eligibility decisions for long-term services and supports (LTSS). Many states use tools developed and licensed by private entities, while others have developed and implemented their own tools. The variety of tools is staggering. One…
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May 25, 2017
Protect Medi-Cal Funding Series, Older Adults, and Individuals with Disabilities
Andy DiAntonio Issue Brief
California's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, is vital to the health of millions of older adults and individuals with disabilities in the state, providing access to quality care for low-income patients. That care is threatened by proposals pending in Congress. In the third Issue Brief of a 12-part "Protect Medi-Cal Funding,"…
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February 15, 2017
Congressional Plans to Repeal the ACA Will Harm Victims of Black Lung
Sarah Somers Issue Brief
As NPR has recently noted black lung is not a thing of the past, with the numbers of those infected rising at "epidemic rates." Health and worker safety experts say the rates of the disease are hitting hardest in several states, such as Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and…
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February 14, 2017
Helping Those on HCBS Waiting Lists: Positive Impacts of the ACA
Elizabeth Edwards Issue Brief
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Medicaid expansion have helped improve access to home and community-based services (HCBS), as Senior Attorney Elizabeth Edwards explains in this paper. Edwards writes that states that expanded Medicaid added significantly fewer people to HCBS waiting lists compared to the states that did not…
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December 19, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Older Adults and Individuals with Disabilities, Issue 3
David Machledt Issue Brief
This third issue in NHeLP's Protect Medicaid Funding series centers on policies to cut or cap Medicaid funding, and how such austerity actions would adversely impact the lives of older adults and individuals with disabilities. For example with capped federal funding, states facing budget shortfalls "would have strong incentives…
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Protect Medi-Cal Funding Series, Health Disparities

Evaluating Functional Assessments for Older Adults

Protect Medi-Cal Funding Series, Older Adults, and Individuals with Disabilities

Congressional Plans to Repeal the ACA Will Harm Victims of Black Lung

Helping Those on HCBS Waiting Lists: Positive Impacts of the ACA

Protect Medicaid Funding: Older Adults and Individuals with Disabilities, Issue 3