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January 12, 2018
Harmful Section 1115 Waiver in Kentucky: Effects on People with Disabilities
David Machledt Issue Brief
Earlier today, HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Kentucky. The approved project is effectively a cut that will worsen or eliminate access to Medicaid for low-income individuals. This proposal will have a significant detrimental impact on people with disabilities. Though Kentucky sells its proposal as primarily affecting…
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January 12, 2018
HHS Approves 1115 Waiver in Kentucky – Harming Medicaid Enrollees Who Need Reproductive Health Services
Andy DiAntonio Issue Brief
Earlier today, HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Kentucky. The approved project is effectively a cut that will worsen or eliminate access to Medicaid for low-income individuals. This proposal will have a significant, detrimental impact on low-income individuals, particularly women, seeking reproductive health care. This fact sheet…
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January 12, 2018
Kentucky’s Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver and Its Impact on Health Equity
Mara Youdelman Issue Brief
Earlier today, HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Kentucky. The approved project is effectively a cut that will worsen or eliminate access to Medicaid for low-income individuals. This proposal will have a significant detrimental impact on people of color, women, and people with disabilities. This fact sheet…
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December 19, 2017
NHeLP Comments on HHS’ Draft Strategic Plan
Elizabeth G. Taylor and Andy DiAntonio Comments
The U.S. Department of of Health and Human Services' "Draft Strategic Plan," falls far short of protecting the nation's most vulnerable populations, NHeLP states in extensive comments submitted to HHS about its plan. NHeLP's comments focus on how the HHS strategic plan would adversely affect low-income women's access to…
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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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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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Harmful Section 1115 Waiver in Kentucky: Effects on People with Disabilities

HHS Approves 1115 Waiver in Kentucky – Harming Medicaid Enrollees Who Need Reproductive Health Services

Kentucky’s Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver and Its Impact on Health Equity

NHeLP Comments on HHS’ Draft Strategic Plan

Protect Medi-Cal Funding Series, Health Disparities

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