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  • NHeLP Matters – December 2014

    Welcome to the year's final edition of NHeLP Matters. In the past 12 months, we have fought for the health care rights of low-income people and individuals with disabilities in Washington and beyond. Learn more about our work advancing reproductive health, protecting Medicaid and bringing together advocates and policy…

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  • Q&A: Abstention Update

    Q&A: Abtention Update This short issue brief discusses the latest developments in abstention cases affecting Medicaid beneficiaries, including a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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  • Q&A Deference

    Advocates may wish to argue that courts should defer to agency interpretations in proposed, but not final, regulation. This Q&A provides a basic overview of deference and discusses court decisions addressing the extent to which courts should defer to proposed regulations.

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  • Q&A: EPSDT Coverage of Nutrition Services

    Q&A Fact Sheet on EPSDT coverage of nutrition selection. EPSDT is a mandatory Medicaid service for children and youth under age 21. Congress clarified and strengthened the EPSDT provisions in 1989, adding, among other things, an explicit "correct or ameliorate" treatment requirement.

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  • Fact Sheet: Medicaid EPSDT Case Trends and Docket

    The Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) provisions are among the most specific in the Medicaid Act. See 42 U.S.C. §§ 1396a(a)(10)(A), 1396a(a)(43), 1396d(a)(4)(B), 1396d(r). EPSDT is critical for children with disabilities. Over the years, however, states have not adhered to their responsibilities, and litigation has resulted.…

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  • Private Enforcement of the Medicaid Act Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983

    This Issue Brief provides a review on private enforcement of the Medicaid Act through § 1983. The issue brief discusses some of the demanding tests The Court has established  for private enforcement, and provides background and updates on the law.

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