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December 30, 2016
Lessons from California: Fighting For Medicaid In 2017
dfitzgerald Issue Brief
California's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, has significantly bettered the health care of tens of millions of Californians, and any cuts to the program would be devastating, writes NHeLP Staff Attorney Cori Racela in this month's "Lessons from California." The harm to Medi-Cal and statewide health care coverage could occur, Racela notes,…
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December 26, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Substance and Opioid Use Disorders
Corey Davis and Hector Hernandez-Delgado Issue Brief
The tenth issue in NHeLP's Protect Medicaid Funding series examines the vital role Medicaid plays in "preventing and treating substance use disorders (SUD)," among the nation's most vulnerable people. The fact sheet also explores how austerity measures embraced by conservative lawmakers and advocates would harm the health of low-income…
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December 19, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Access to Providers, Issue 9
Leo Cuello and Catherine McKee Issue Brief
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December 19, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Enrollment and Continuity, Issue 8 (Updated Feb. 2017)
Leo Cuello and David Machledt Issue Brief
Medicaid provides proven, tailored health care coverage for low-income individuals and families. NHeLP's Health Policy Director Leonardo Cuello and Senior Policy Analyst David Machledt explain how Medicaid's "core consumer protections make the program work for enrolled populations, including children, parents, pregnant women, low-income workers, older adults, and people with…
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December 19, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Health Disparities, Issue 6
Leo Cuello, Deborah Reid, and Amy Chen Issue Brief
This sixth issue in NHeLP's Protect Medicaid Funding series centers on how cutting or capping Medicaid would seriously harm, if not halt, efforts to address widespread health disparities. Home and community based health services pioneered by Medicaid, for example, would likely be cut as states have less federal funds…
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December 19, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Affordability, Issue 5 (Updated Feb. 2017)
David Machledt Issue Brief
This fifth issue in NHeLP's Protect Medicaid Funding series examines how critical Medicaid is to helping low-income individuals and underserved populations access quality health care, and how efforts to cut or cap funding of Medicaid would endanger that access, and worsen health outcomes for the most vulnerable. For example,…
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Lessons from California: Fighting For Medicaid In 2017

Protect Medicaid Funding: Substance and Opioid Use Disorders

Protect Medicaid Funding: Access to Providers, Issue 9

Protect Medicaid Funding: Enrollment and Continuity, Issue 8 (Updated Feb. 2017)

Protect Medicaid Funding: Health Disparities, Issue 6

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Lessons from California: Fighting For Medicaid In 2017

Protect Medicaid Funding: Substance and Opioid Use Disorders

Protect Medicaid Funding: Access to Providers, Issue 9

Protect Medicaid Funding: Enrollment and Continuity, Issue 8 (Updated Feb. 2017)

Protect Medicaid Funding: Health Disparities, Issue 6

Protect Medicaid Funding: Affordability, Issue 5 (Updated Feb. 2017)