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  • Q&A on Non-Medical Transportation and Reproductive Health Services

    In this Q&A, Senior Attorney Amy Chen examines Medi-Cal's Non-Medical Transportation Services (NMT) and discusses, not only, the robust number of the services provided to Medi-Cal enrollees, but also explains how NMT enables vulnerable communities to access the state's comprehensive health care services, including access to reproductive health services.

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  • Threats to Public Health Under the American Health Care Act (AHCA)

    Evidence 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…

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  • Protect Medi-Cal Funding Series, Medi-Cal Services

    California's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, provides comprehensive health care services to more than 13 million in the state. That care, which includes hospitalization, physician services and preventive screenings for children and adults, is threatened by proposed Medicaid cuts in the so-called American Health Care Act (AHCA), now pending in the…

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  • Medicaid Caps and the Opioid Epidemic

    Medicaid 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.…

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  • Lessons from California

    The 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…

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  • 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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