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March 19, 2020
Overview on Using Medicaid to Respond to COVID-19
Leonardo Cuello Fact Sheet, Guide
Several major paths exist for states to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic using Medicaid. States have numerous points of discretionary authority, some special discretionary authority that arises in emergency scenarios, normal state plan amendment (SPA) options, and waiver authorities (particularly section 1135 authority). This overview is intended to help…
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February 11, 2020
An Advocate’s Guide to Medi-Cal Services
Abigail Coursolle, Alicia Emanuel, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, Priscilla Huang, and Kimberly Lewis Guide
California’s Medi-Cal program provides free or low-cost health care coverage to more than 14 million low-income adults, families with children, seniors, persons with disabilities, pregnant women, children in foster care, and former foster youth up to age 26. Medi-Cal, like other Medicaid programs, covers a wide range of health…
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November 4, 2019
A Quick and Easy Method of Screening for Medicaid Eligibility under the Pickle Amendment: 2020 Update
Jennifer Lav and Wayne Turner Guide
With help from Gordon Bonnyman from the Tennessee Justice Center and National Health Law Program Policy Fellow Hannah Eichner, National Health Law Program provides the updated 2020 – A Quick and Easy Method of Screening for Medicaid Eligibility under the Pickle Amendment – a screening tool and chart to…
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September 17, 2019
An Advocate’s Guide to Reproductive and Sexual Health in the Medicaid Program
Priscilla Huang Health Advocate, Guide
An Advocate’s Guide to Reproductive and Sexual Health in the Medicaid Program (“Guide”) will familiarize readers with the basics of the Medicaid program and highlight features that support reproductive and sexual health. Since the Guide was first published in February 2010, the United States Congress passed and President Obama…
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July 10, 2019
Universal Health Care Guideposts and Principles
dfitzgerald Guide
For over 50 years, the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) has protected and advanced the health rights of low-income and underserved populations. Our work is guided by the belief that health care is a fundamental right and that every human being should have access to quality health care. As…
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June 21, 2019
Medicaid as an LGBTQ Reproductive Justice Issue: A Primer
Candace Gibson and Priscilla Huang Manual/Report, Guide, Toolkit
The reproductive justice framework is rooted in the belief that all individuals and communities should have the resources and power they need to make their own decisions about their bodies, genders, sexualities, families, and lives. Access to Medicaid coverage is vital to fulfulling this framework for LGBTQ people. Medicaid…
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Overview on Using Medicaid to Respond to COVID-19

An Advocate’s Guide to Medi-Cal Services

A Quick and Easy Method of Screening for Medicaid Eligibility under the Pickle Amendment: 2020 Update

An Advocate’s Guide to Reproductive and Sexual Health in the Medicaid Program

Universal Health Care Guideposts and Principles

Medicaid as an LGBTQ Reproductive Justice Issue: A Primer