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May 31, 2017
Briefs on Public Coverage of Family Planning and Abortion Services: Reproductive Health Care Coverage in Medi-Cal
dfitzgerald Manual/Report
NHeLP's Reproductive Health Data and Insurance Accountability Project (the Data Project) is releasing a series of Issue Briefs on state-specific legal requirements and procedures governing coverage and access to abortion and family planning services in Medicaid programs in nine states. The first one in the series describes California's Medi-Cal…
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May 31, 2017
Threats to Women’s Reproductive Health Under the American Health Care Act (AHCA)
Amy Chen Manual/Report
The so-called American Health Care Act (AHCA), pending in the U.S. Senate, would repeal progressive health care reforms brought about by the landmark Affordable Care Act (ACA), especially harming women's access to reproductive health care services. In this fact sheet, Senior Attorney Amy Chen explains how AHCA would severely…
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April 4, 2017
Waivers of Medicaid Requirements – A Quick Review
Jane Perkins and Mara Youdelman Manual/Report
In a companion piece to Background to Medicaid and Section 1115 of the Social Security Act, Legal Director Jane Perkins and Managing Attorney of the DC office Mara Youdelman provide a brief review of how certain Medicaid requirements may be waived. They conclude, in part, that "Section 1115 of the…
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March 31, 2017
Lessons from California
dfitzgerald Manual/Report
The House Republicans' "American Health Care Act" would have harmed California disproportionately, NHeLP Staff Attorney Alicia Kauk writes in this month's "Lessons from California." She notes, "As many as 14 million Medi-Cal individuals, 9.3 million who are people of color, stood to lose coverage or significant reductions in services…
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February 28, 2017
Lessons from California
Kim Lewis Manual/Report
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) expanded health care coverage to millions of previously uninsured Californians, and also ushered in technological innovations to streamline the state's eligibility and enrollment systems. In February's "Lessons from California," Managing Attorney of the LA Office Kimberly Lewis examines these innovations, and notes that they…
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February 20, 2017
Threats to the Affordable Care Act and Women’s Reproductive Health
Amy Chen Manual/Report
In this fact sheet, Senior Attorney Amy Chen details the provisions of the Affordable Care Act that have helped improve access to reproductive health care services for tens of millions of low income women. If the ACA and Medicaid expansion are repealed, Chen writes, it would likely make it…
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