Health Reform and Medicaid
- COUNCIL RESPONDS TO FEDERAL MEDICAID ENROLLMENT REGULATIONS: Draft regulations recently issued by CMS outline new approaches to Medicaid eligibility, enrollment and re-determination. The Council has drafted a response and is seeking endorsing signatures. Comments to CMS are due by October 31, 2011. Please consider signing on to our letter, or submitting comments of your own. This is an opportunity to shape decisions that directly impact our clients and will hopefully result in their ability to access comprehensive health care services.
- Policy Brief: State Options for Medicaid Expansion | July 2011, describes the Affordable Care Act Section 1902(k)(2) state plan amendment option and the Social Security Act Section 1115 waiver.
- CMS Letter to State Health Officials and Medicaid Directors | November 16, 2010, provides preliminary guidance to states on the implementation of Section 2703 of the Affordable Care Act, “State Option to Provide Health Homes for Enrollees with Chronic Conditions
- Expanding Medicaid to Low-Income Childless Adults under Health Reform: Key Lessons from State Experiences, July 2010, produced by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured.
- Kaiser Family Foundation | Health Reform Web Page | Kaiser Family Foundation offers a number of resources and tools describing the new Medicaid changes.
- National Conference of State Legislators | Preliminary Draft Summary of the Medicaid and CHIP Provisions | NCSL’s summary provides a side by side comparison of the Medicaid program before and after the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
- Healthreform.gov | This site offers updated health reform information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
- Democratic Policy Committee | This site offers summaries and the full texts of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act.
- CMS Letter to State Health Officials and Medicaid Directors | April 9, 2010 As of April 1, 2010, states can receive their regular federal matching assistance percentage (FMAP) to cover all adults who have incomes less than 133% of the federal poverty level (FPL).
- Increased Access to Medicaid in Health Care Reform | This CSH summary outlines the benefit Health Care Reform will have on homeless and low income populations. Also illustrates work that lies ahead.
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