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  • Waivers of Medicaid Requirements – A Quick Review

    In a companion piece to Background to Medicaid and Section 1115 of the Social Security Act, Legal Director Jane Perkins and Managing Attorney of the DC office Mara Youdelman provide a brief review of how certain Medicaid requirements may be waived. They conclude, in part, that "Section 1115 of the…

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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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  • 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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  • Threats to the Affordable Care Act and Women’s Reproductive Health

    In this fact sheet, Senior Attorney Amy Chen details the provisions of the Affordable Care Act that have helped improve access to reproductive health care services for tens of millions of low income women. If the ACA and Medicaid expansion are repealed, Chen writes, it would likely make it…

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  • Lessons from California: CA Uses Legislation to Defend the ACA and Medicaid

    Abbi Coursolle

    With active efforts under way by Republicans in Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Staff Attorney Abbi Coursolle in this month's Lessons from California highlights the need to look to state legislative opportunities to preserve the gains made in health care coverage and enact consumer protections.

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  • Q&A: How Upcoming Efforts to Transform Medicaid Could Affect Abortion Coverage

    Conservative lawmakers in Congress have signaled they will consider fundamental changes to Medicaid, ones that as Staff Attorney Catherine McKee notes could further reduce coverage of abortions. In this paper, McKee explains current Medicaid coverage of abortion care, describes how Medicaid funding structure and general coverage requirements would change under…

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