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February 14, 2017
What is a Public Charge and Does Receipt of Health Benefits Impact It?
Mara Youdelman Issue Brief
In a new Issue Brief, Managing Attorney of the D.C. Office Mara Youdelman explains how the acceptance of some public benefits can be used to bar immigrants or deport them. Historically receipt of publicly funded health services has not resulted in deportations. The use of Medicaid and other publicly funded…
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February 10, 2017
Protect Medicaid Funding: Pregnant Women, Issue 11 (Updated March 2017)
Amy Chen Issue Brief
Cutting the funding of Medicaid, whether through block grants or a per capita caps, will result in yanking vital health care coverage from pregnant women enrolled in Medicaid. In this issue of our Protect Medicaid Funding series, it is noted that Medicaid funds almost half of all births in…
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February 10, 2017
Protect Medicaid Funding: Women Living with HIV, Issue 7 (Updated Feb. 2017)
Jamille Fields and Catherine McKee Issue Brief
Cutting the funding of Medicaid whether through block grants or a per capita cap will result in yanking health care coverage from our most vulnerable. Medicaid covers almost half of all people getting regular HIV treatment, many of them women. Limiting the scope of Medicaid will leave many without…
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February 9, 2017
Groups Urge Senate to Block Nomination of Rep. Tom Price to Lead HHS
dfitzgerald Letter
More than 80 public interest groups urged the Senate to defeat the nomination of Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The groups' letter to the Senate notes that the mission of HHS is to "enhance and protect the health and…
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February 8, 2017
Medicaid and CHIP Reimbursement Models for Language Services
Mara Youdelman Issue Brief
Managing Attorney of the DC Office Mara Youdelman examines the responsibilities of state health providers pursuant to civil right laws that require Medicaid and CHIP programs to provide language access services to Limited English Proficient (LEP) persons. Some states are accessing federal funding to help bolster language access services,…
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February 7, 2017
Medicaid & the ACA: Vital Tools in Addressing the Opioid Epidemic
Corey Davis and Héctor Hernández-Delgado Issue Brief
The Affordable Care Act and Medicaid have been "instrumental in increasing access to evidence-based prevention and treatment for people with and at risk for SUD," write Senior Attorney Corey Davis and Health Law Fellow Hector Hernandez-Delgado in an extensive new Issue Brief. The authors explain how efforts to repeal…
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What is a Public Charge and Does Receipt of Health Benefits Impact It?

Protect Medicaid Funding: Pregnant Women, Issue 11 (Updated March 2017)

Protect Medicaid Funding: Women Living with HIV, Issue 7 (Updated Feb. 2017)

Groups Urge Senate to Block Nomination of Rep. Tom Price to Lead HHS

Medicaid and CHIP Reimbursement Models for Language Services

Medicaid & the ACA: Vital Tools in Addressing the Opioid Epidemic