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February 24, 2017
Health Advocate: Medicaid Caps: The Threat Below the Surface
Leo Cuello and Andy DiAntonio Health Advocate
With the media focused on congressional and executive efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Republican lawmakers and the Trump administration are also planning to radically alter the funding of Medicaid. NHeLP Health Policy Director Leonardo Cuello in the February Health Advocate concludes, "While we educate the public…
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February 10, 2017
Protect Medicaid Funding: Pregnant Women, Issue 11 (Updated March 2017)
Amy Chen Issue Brief
Cutting the funding of Medicaid, whether through block grants or a per capita caps, will result in yanking vital health care coverage from pregnant women enrolled in Medicaid. In this issue of our Protect Medicaid Funding series, it is noted that Medicaid funds almost half of all births in…
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February 10, 2017
Protect Medicaid Funding: Women Living with HIV, Issue 7 (Updated Feb. 2017)
Jamille Fields and Catherine McKee Issue Brief
Cutting the funding of Medicaid whether through block grants or a per capita cap will result in yanking health care coverage from our most vulnerable. Medicaid covers almost half of all people getting regular HIV treatment, many of them women. Limiting the scope of Medicaid will leave many without…
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February 9, 2017
Groups Urge Senate to Block Nomination of Rep. Tom Price to Lead HHS
Andy DiAntonio Letter
More than 80 public interest groups urged the Senate to defeat the nomination of Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The groups' letter to the Senate notes that the mission of HHS is to "enhance and protect the health and…
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January 25, 2017
Health Advocate: The Year Ahead: Medicaid Works!
Mara Youdelman Health Advocate
With the Trump administration and lawmakers in the new Congress suggesting they will pursue changing Medicaid through block grants or capping or cutting its federal funding, NHeLP D.C. Managing Attorney Mara Youdelman details the ways Medicaid is helping tens of millions of Americans each year. "Medicaid is more important than…
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January 11, 2017
The Importance of National Coverage Standards in Medicaid
Jane Perkins and Catherine McKee Issue Brief
Currently federal Medicaid law ensures that beneficiaries can access health services that reflect standards of care, write Legal Director Jane Perkins and Staff Attorney Catherine McKee in this fact sheet. States must provide "core services when medically necessary," but proposals to cut or cap Medicaid funding "threaten federal coverage…
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Health Advocate: Medicaid Caps: The Threat Below the Surface

Protect Medicaid Funding: Pregnant Women, Issue 11 (Updated March 2017)

Protect Medicaid Funding: Women Living with HIV, Issue 7 (Updated Feb. 2017)

Groups Urge Senate to Block Nomination of Rep. Tom Price to Lead HHS

Health Advocate: The Year Ahead: Medicaid Works!

The Importance of National Coverage Standards in Medicaid