Medicaid

Budget pressures are forcing many governors and legislators to find ways to trim their Medicaid expenses.  Through tightening eligibility or cutting benefits, states seek to lower their costs. Often, these changes are illegal. NSCLC seeks to protect Medicaid services (especially those which are home and community based) and the millions of low-income older adults and persons with disabilities who depend on them, through administrative advocacy and litigation.

• Health Reform: “Medical Assistance” as Payment
  (3/31/10) NSCLC's and NHelp's analysis of the "medical assistance" provision of the new health reform law READ MORE



• The Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports Provisions in the Senate’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
  (1/28/10) The Senate’s health reform bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H.R. 3590, contains several provisions that would expand Medicaid’s coverage for home and community-based services.  Specifically, the Senate proposes to: c...



• To be or not to be Homebound: The Limits of States’ Discretion in Medicaid’s Coverage for Home Health Services
  This issue brief provides an overview of the boundaries of a state’s home health service standard, including a discussion of the controversy in Missouri, in order to provide useful background for advocates trying to maximize the community-based optio...



• NSCLC Endorses the House Healthcare Bill
  NSCLC strongly supports H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act. READ MORE  



• NSCLC Comments on Health Reform Coverage Options Paper
  NSCLC's comments on the Senate Finance Committee’s Policy Options Paper: Expanding Health Care Coverage: Proposals to Provide Affordable Coverage to All Americans. READ MORE



• Stimulus Package Includes Major Medicaid Provisions
  On Feb. 17, 2009, President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pub. L. No. 111-5, (the “stimulus bill”). The $787 billion piece of legislation provides tax breaks to individuals and businesses, expands spending for une...



• The Long-Term Care Proposals in Rhode Island’s Global Consumer Compact Waiver
  Rhode Island submitted for approval to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) the Rhode Island Global Consumer Compact Waiver, under which the state proposes to accept a capped allotment of Medicaid funds from the federal government in ...