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- April 3, 2017
Background to Medicaid and Section 1115 of the Social Security Act
Read moreHealth and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price has signaled a willingness to allow states to reshape their Medicaid programs. In this issue brief, Legal Director Jane Perkins provides a background to Medicaid and Section 1115 of the Social Security Act to explain what HHS and the states are…
- March 31, 2017
Lessons from California
Read moreThe 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…
- March 23, 2017
AHCA’s Block Grant Option and EPSDT
Read moreIn an effort to win passage of the so-called American Health Care Act (AHCA), House Republicans continue to add provisions that would cut health care for the most vulnerable. NHeLP Managing Attorney of the DC Office Mara Youdelman and Legal Director Jane Perkins explain how a block grant in…
- March 22, 2017
Per Capita Caps in Medicaid Under the House Republicans’ ACA Repeal Bill
Read moreWithin the House Republicans' so-called American Health Care Act (AHCA) are provisions intended to greatly weaken Medicaid, such as the use of per capita caps. In this issue brief, NHeLP Managing Attorney of the DC Office Mara Youdelman details 10 ways that per capita caps within AHCA would work…
- March 22, 2017
Medicaid: Real Insurance with Real Results
Read moreProponents of Republicans' so-called American Health Care Act (AHCA) often attack Medicaid as a weak program that provides inferior access to health care services for low-income individuals. But as NHeLP Managing Attorney of the NC Office Sarah Somers details in this paper, "Medicaid is a successful program that has…
- March 21, 2017
Medicaid Work Requirements – Legally Suspect
Read moreLegal Director Jane Perkins, and Policy Analyst Ian McDonald detail why adding a work requirement to Medicaid is "legally suspect." They explain that currently the Medicaid Act has four requirements that an individual must meet that do not include a mandatory work requirement. "A number of courts," Perkins and McDonald…
