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Archives
- January 22, 2020
Red Tape & Shady Accounting: HHS Plan to Restrict Abortion Access 47 Years After Roe
Read moreRight in the middle of the winter holidays, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a final rule entitled “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Exchange Program Integrity.” Despite its innocuous title, this rule intends to restrict abortion coverage. Although HHS acknowledges that most commenters objected…
- January 3, 2020
A Medicaid Promise to Children: Timely Treatment Services
Read moreConsider the following scenario: Under the Medicaid program for children (called Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment, or EPSDT), each enrolled child under age 21 should be promptly screened for health problems. The screening must occur at periodic, pre-set intervals. So what if the child didn’t have the…
- December 17, 2019
Medicaid Block Grants are like “Free” Hot Fudge
Read moreWhen my kids were younger and we’d go out for ice cream, they always wanted to go to FroYo instead of Sweet Frog. Why? Because FroYo had free hot fudge (and free caramel sauce)! The “free” fudge was a big draw because they thought it was a great deal.…
- December 5, 2019
When States Fail to Cover Abortions under Medicaid, NHeLP Steps In
Read moreEditor's note: This post is a bit longer than our normal blogs, but well worth the read.Responding to a 2016 request from Congressmembers Diana DeGette and Jan Schakowsky, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report at the beginning of this year on the status of Medicaid coverage…
- December 3, 2019
When Patients Leave the Pharmacy Empty-Handed
Read moreFrom advances in breakthrough therapies to routine treatment for chronic conditions, prescription drug coverage is an increasingly important part of health care. This is especially true for low-income people relying on Medicaid, who have no other means of obtaining potentially life-saving medication. Yet, on any given day in the…
- November 30, 2019
Draft Minimum Consumer Protections and Safeguards for Behavioral Health System Integration Redesign
Read moreCalifornia has undertaken efforts that seek to improve services to Medi-Cal beneficiaries with behavioral health needs – mental health conditions and/or substance use disorders – by promoting and seeking increased “behavioral health integration.” In response, the National Health Law Program, in partnership with other health consumer advocacy organizations, has…
