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- June 22, 2017
How Per Capita Caps Harm the Prevention and Treatment of New Viruses
Read moreIf Congress enacts a per capita cap on Medicaid, states will have fewer resources to prevent and treat the spread of emerging diseases, such as the recent outbreak of Zika in the southern United States and Puerto Rico. In this issue brief, Staff Attorney Candace Gibson argues that proposed…
- June 20, 2017
Threats to Public Health Under the American Health Care Act (AHCA)
Read moreEvidence shows that funding public health initiatives not only improves health outcomes, it also reduces health care costs. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) contains several mechanisms to fund public health initiatives. The largest of these is the Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF). The PPHF was created by ACA…
- June 1, 2017
Medicaid Caps and the Opioid Epidemic
Read moreMedicaid is the largest source of health care coverage for individuals with substance use disorders, NHeLP Staff Attorney Héctor Hernández-Delgado writes in this month's "Health Advocate." He details how slashing Medicaid funding, as proposed in the so-called American Health Care Act (AHCA), would result in millions of individuals losing SUD treatment.…
- May 31, 2017
Briefs on Public Coverage of Family Planning and Abortion Services: Reproductive Health Care Coverage in Medi-Cal
Read moreNHeLP's Reproductive Health Data and Insurance Accountability Project (the Data Project) is releasing a series of Issue Briefs on state-specific legal requirements and procedures governing coverage and access to abortion and family planning services in Medicaid programs in nine states. The first one in the series describes California's Medi-Cal…
- May 31, 2017
Threats to Women’s Reproductive Health Under the American Health Care Act (AHCA)
Read moreThe so-called American Health Care Act (AHCA), pending in the U.S. Senate, would repeal progressive health care reforms brought about by the landmark Affordable Care Act (ACA), especially harming women's access to reproductive health care services. In this fact sheet, Senior Attorney Amy Chen explains how AHCA would severely…
- 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…
