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  • March 10, 2017

    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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  • March 10, 2017

    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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  • March 6, 2017

    Evaluating Medicaid Block Grant & Per Capita Cap Proposals

    As Congress moves forward with consideration of policies to dramatically limit the funding structure of Medicaid, NHeLP Managing Attorney of the DC Office Mara Youdelman provides questions to help in assessing the impact of the forthcoming austerity proposals. "Since the overall goal of Republicans in Congress remains slashing government…

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  • March 3, 2017

    NHeLP Letter Urging Transparency of Efforts to Harm Medicaid & Repeal the ACA

    In a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan, Executive Director Elizabeth G. Taylor urges congressional hearings for any measures to "dramatically change the financing structure of Medicaid," and repeal the Affordable Care Act. The letter notes the vital role Medicaid plays in ensuring 74 million individuals have access to…

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  • February 28, 2017

    Lessons from California

    Kim Lewis

    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 27, 2017

    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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