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03.28.17

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights, March 28, 2017

States react to the failure of the AHCA; the HHS Inspector General launches an investigation into the Trump Administration's suspension of Marketplace enrollment outreach efforts; and the Kansas Legislature sends a Medicaid expansion bill to the Governor.


03.27.17

How Would Repealing Eligibility and Enrollment Provisions Impact States?

While the focus of debate regarding repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been on Marketplaces and the Medicaid expansion, a myriad of other provisions of the ACA are at risk of repeal—including those that streamline Medicaid eligibility and enrollment systems and implement a national, ...


03.23.17

The Future of Essential Health Benefits

EHB defines what healthcare benefits plans in the Marketplaces, as well as certain other plans, must cover—and goes to the heart of what it means to have health insurance.


03.21.17

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights, March 21, 2017

House Republicans append a Manager's Amendment to the AHCA; HHS tells states they will have increased flexibility on Medicaid; and Florida previews its 1115 waiver amendment requests.


03.16.17

Repealing the Medicaid Expansion: Implications for Montana

Federal decisions regarding Medicaid expansion would affect access to healthcare for more than 71,000 Montanans covered under Montana’s bipartisan Health and Economic Livelihood Partnership (HELP) Act.


03.14.17

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights, March 14, 2017

CBO finds that the number of uninsured would nearly double under the American Health Care Act; CMS's new Administrator is confirmed; and New Mexico and Massachusetts move to protect reproductive healthcare under ACA repeal.


03.07.17

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights, March 7, 2017

House Republicans release long-awaited ACA repeal and replace legislation, Arkansas proposes a new waiver amendment to lower expansion adult eligibility levels, and California and Maine are considering new policies to tackle the opioid addiction crisis.


03.02.17

Capped Federal Medicaid Funding: Implications for Texas

Under the current system, the federal government matches state spending on Medicaid so long as the state follows federal Medicaid rules.


03.02.17

Manatt on Medicaid: Monthly Expansion Recap, February 2017

A three-judge State Appeals Court panel heard an appeal of the Maricopa County Superior Court's decision that Arizona's Medicaid expansion plan was passed legally, according to the Arizona Republic.


02.28.17

Medicaid at a Crossroads: What's at Stake?

Today, Medicaid is the nation's largest health insurer and the single largest payer in every state, covering more than 20 percent of the total U.S. population.