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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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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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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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December 14, 2018
Dental Credit Card Debt: California Advocates Toolkit
Michelle Lilienfeld Fact Sheet, Guide
Dental care is essential to health care and California’s Medicaid agency is taking steps to ensure quality access to low-income individuals and families in the state. But there are still challenges to overcome, such as dental credit card debt, as National Health Law Program Senior Attorney Michelle Lilienfeld details in this…
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August 22, 2018
Advocate’s Guide to MAGI (Updated Guide for 2018)
Wayne Turner Guide
National Health Law Program's updated Advocate's Guide to MAGIaddresses changes to MAGI under the Republican tax plan enacted in 2017, as well as recently passed legislation affecting Modified Adjusted Gross Income-based calculations, including: New tax filing threshold now set at $12,000 for individuals, which will lower total household income for…
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Overview on Using Medicaid to Respond to COVID-19

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

Universal Health Care Guideposts and Principles

Medicaid as an LGBTQ Reproductive Justice Issue: A Primer

Dental Credit Card Debt: California Advocates Toolkit

Advocate’s Guide to MAGI (Updated Guide for 2018)