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  • EPSDT is Essential

    National Health Law Program Legal Director Jane Perkins in this Issue Brief provides information about Medicaid's pediatric standards of coverage of youth under 21 called Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT). Perkins notes that "EPSDT is specifically targeted to meet the needs of low-income children. Low-income children are…

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  • Medicaid Expansion and the Republicans’ ACA Repeal Bill

    House Republicans are pushing their "American Health Care Act," as a replacement and reform of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). As NHeLP Managing Attorney of the DC office Mara Youdelman details in this fact sheet, the Republicans' measure would "effectively end the Medicaid expansion category by reducing federal funding,…

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  • Medicaid – Fast Facts

    With conservative House Republicans threatening to "reform" Medicaid, you need the facts to understand that reform is not what is being sought. Medicaid provides quality care to tens of millions of low-income individuals and underserved communities. The effort to cap federal funding for the program is aimed at shredding…

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  • Indiana Medicaid Demonstration Raises Concerns

    Indiana expanded Medicaid through a demonstration waiver that some have lauded as a "potential model" for other states interested in expanding Medicaid. Senior Policy Analyst David Machledt, examining evaluations of Indiana's so-called Healthy Indiana Program, concludes that the state's Medicaid demonstration, so far, has generated plenty of confusion, but…

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  • Health Advocate: Medicaid Caps: The Threat Below the Surface

    Leo Cuello

    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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  • CARA, the 21st Century Cures Act: More Tools to Address the Opioid Epidemic

    In 2016 Congress and the Obama administration recognized the pressing public health concern of the opioid epidemic and enacted two laws -- the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) and the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act). NHeLP Health Law Fellow Hector Hernandez-Delgado explores "how CARA and the Cures…

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