Overall Medicaid Spending Grew 5 Percent - During 2006, Governors' Report Estimates. -December 14, 2006

Medicaid Buy-In Program for Adults With Disabilities - Allows states to expand Medicaid coverage to workers with disabilities whose incomes would otherwise make them ineligible. -November 20, 2006

Administration Names Acting Medicare Chief - An attorney who has served in two Bush administrations has been named the acting chief of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. -September 26, 2006

Stakeholders Say CMS May Be Wavering On Controversial Medicaid Cuts - CMS is pressing forward with controversial Medicaid payment cuts unveiled in the White House budget proposal. -August 18, 2006

Planned Medicaid Cuts Cause Rift With States - Governors of both parties is clashing with the White House over a plan to cut Medicaid payments to hospitals and nursing homes that care for millions of low-income people. -August 14, 2006

Institution vs. Community-Based Medicaid Services - Information Bulletin #118. -July 17, 2006

Change is Happening: Look at FY 2005 MA Expenditures - (Updated) Information Bulletin #117. -July 7, 2006

Impending Louisiana Medicaid Cut-Off - From now through July, the Louisiana Medicaid agency will be trying to end Louisiana Medicaid eligibility for most recipients . -April 7, 2006

Group's Report Faults Some States For Poor Priorities in Care of Disabled - States' Medicaid program performance serving people with mental retardation and developmental disabilities is not necessarily linked to funding levels or a state's tax burden. -April 6, 2006

New Medicaid Home and Community-Based Programs Now Available - A number of provisions that disability advocates can take advantage of to increase home and community-based services and to reduce unnecessary institutional services. -February 15, 2006

Urge Your U.S. Senator to Support Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Bill - Support S. 1602. -October 2005

Rulings Trim Legal Leeway Given Medicaid Recipients. - In a series of rulings, federal judges are limiting the ability of poor people to turn to the courts to fight for Medicaid benefits to which they believe they are entitled. -August 2005

New Freedom Initiative Proposals Transmitted to Congress. - The New Freedom Initiative Medicaid Demonstrations Act of 2005. -August 2005

Urge your Representative to cosponsor Representative Dingell's Resolutions - To Honor Medicare and Medicaid in the U.S. health care system. -July 2005

TennCare sit-in gains supporters -- your presence is needed. Citizens offer Bredesen yet another cost-saving reform option to save TennCare. -July 2005

Interactive Timelines Commemorating Medicaid and Medicare's 40th Anniversary from the Kaiser Family Foundation. -July 2005

Video of Pelosi NCIL Speech. - Reaffirmed the premise that all Americans have the right to live independently. -July 2005

In Effort to Pare Medicaid Rolls - Long-Term Care Is the Focus. -July 2005

Governors Eye Medicaid Co-Payments. As the nation's governors grapple with the soaring costs of Medicaid, they're eyeing co-payments. -July 2005

Help Keep Medicaid Affordable For People with Disabilities. Please Tell Us Your Medicaid Story. -July 2005

34 Senators Sign Letter to HHS Secretary. THANK YOU! -July 2005

Sign-on Letter To The Senate Finance Committee National organizations are deeply concerned about the future of the Medicaid program. -July 2005

TennCare Sit-In, 23 days and counting. On July 13, 2005, over a thousand advocates from Independent Living Centers will descend on the US Capitol. -July 2005

Governors to vote on sweeping Medicaid reform recommendations. Write Your Governor Today! -July 2005

Saving Medicaid and Persons With Disabilities. How the MA program has changed, so advocates could understand how disability-specific interests fit into the broader picture. -July 2005

Tell Governor Bredesen: Don't Cut TennCare. Several states are considering cuts and restructuring of state Medicaid programs. -July 2005

Sit-in's cost worth it, say protesters. It's costing $2,000 a day in security for TennCare recipients to protest but it's a small sum to pay for trying to save peoples lives. -July 2005

2005 State Medicaid Eligibility Cutbacks: Proposed & Recently-Enacted in your state. -July 2005

74% Oppose State Medicaid Cuts. Governors try to convince the public to accept fundamental changes in Medicaid. -June 2005

In effort to pare Medicaid, Long-Term Care is focus. Restraining taxpayers' contribution to the cost of long-term care for Americans. -June 2005

323,000 -- a documentary about the largest health care cuts in American history. -June 2005

Governor Bredesen issues life sentences to vent users Planning to cut TennCare coverage that allows individuals that are vent dependent to live independent lives. -June 2005

HHS announces new medicaid program to deliver care at home for elderly and Vermont residents with disabilities more options to remain in their homes and communities and out of institutions. -June 2005

Personal Loss Changes Business as Usual. Republican leaders are fuming at Gordon Smith, the Oregon senator blocked this year's budget resolution until his GOP colleagues agreed to add billions of dollars to Medicaid. -May 2005

The new MEDSTAT Medicaid numbers are out. Total long term care spending for FY 2004. -May 2005

FY 04 - Medicaid Expenditures - institutional (nursing homes) vs. community-based expenditures - state by state. -May 2005

HHS Secretary Leavitt established commission to work on strengthen and sustaining Medicaid. -May 2005

NHeLP's Capital Communiqué. The National Health Law Program's reporting on recent developments relating to federal policy of interest to NHeLP advocates and friends. -May 2005

Representative Brown, on Long Term Care. Comments of Representative Sherrod Brown, at the hearing on Medicaid and Long term Care. -May 2005

Update on FY 2006 Budget Process. The Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Resolution is a recipe for disaster for people with disabilities. -May 2005

Energy & Commerce Long Term Care Hearing. Spiraling costs and the need for reform subcommittee on health. -April 2005

Speakout: Clients are key to Medicaid solution. Medicaid is one of the few social programs whose good is indisputable. -April 2005

ADAPT challenges Democrats to End Medicaid Institutional Bias. People with disabilities of all ages are being threatened by actions taking place in Washington, D.C. -April 2005

Medicaid panel described as near key budget deal. Republicans in Congress near setting up a commission on the future of Medicaid. -April 2005

The Kaiser Family Foundation recently released two new guides that explain the role of Medicare and Medicaid for roughly 20 million children, adults and seniors with disabilities. -April 2005

Medicaid Reference Desk Update: an online resource. -April 2005

NGA-Medicaid Reform Paper recognizes the need for home and community services and the fact that Medicaid is many things to the various populations it serves. -March 2005
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Senate kills all Medicaid cuts from budget. -March 2005

Thanks to you, WE WON! Big Medicaid victory in Senate, March 17, 2005. -March 2005

Navigating Medicare and Medicaid, 2005: A resource guide for people with disabilities, their families, and their advocates. -March 2005

Urgent: Calls Needed Now on Medicaid! Minimizing Medicaid cuts in the federal budget this year rests with an amendment that Senators Smith and Bingaman will offer. -March 2005

ADAPT scores meeting with CMS Director to discuss Medicaid Reform. -February 2005

Governor, Be Our Valentine. Send the leadership of the National Governors' Association (NGA) a Valentines Day message: Home is where the heart is! -February 2005

Medical assistance and living in the community for persons with disabilities, one potential change is in the right direction. -February 2005

Update on Bush Medicaid Proposals. The budget is expected to be released February 7, 2005. -February 2005

Health Secretary calls for Medicaid Changes that would cut payments for prescription drugs and give states power to reduce or reconfigure benefits for low-income people. -February 2005

Leavitt Won't Rule Out Medicaid Budget Cuts -January 2005
Medicaid is "inefficient" and could serve more people with better management and some ingenuity.

Tell the President and Congress: -January 2005
No Cuts or Caps on Medicaid.

Join the Medicaid Debate, Challenge Governors -January 2005
What the NGA supports/opposes will influence Congress and the Bush Administration.

Medicaid Equipment Pleas Go Unanswered -January 2005
New York State has all but halted Medicaid payments for equipment used by severely disabled poor people.

Medicaid Emerging as Hot Topic for 2005 -January 2005
This year, states will collectively spend more on Medicaid.

Governors Ask Bush Not to Cut Medicaid -December 2004
The nation's governors urged President Bush not to shift additional Medicaid costs to the states in his effort to reduce the federal deficit.

Medicaid Resource Links -December 2004

Medicaid May Face Big Cuts in 2005 -December 2004
Medicaid may be on the chopping block.

Families USA Campaigns To Save Medicaid -November 2004
Share Your Story.

HHS Approves Maryland Plan -November 2004
To Allow Individuals With Disabilities To Direct Own Care.

CMS and Money Follows the Person -October 2004
CMS issues a "Dear State Medicaid Director" letter.

August, 2004 update on state eligibility cutbacks in Medicaid and other health assistance programs. -August 2004
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Medicaid Directors Letter - Money Follows The Person -August 2004
Encourages states to rebalance their states' long term service and support system.

Win in Ball v. Biedess AZ provider shortage case -August 2004
Read the short summary.

So What's Wrong With Medicaid Waivers? -July 2004
A simplified way to look at the waivers to assist in understanding the potential dangers in unlimited waivers.

Family Opportunity Act (FOA) and Money Follows the Person (MFP) Legislation Stalled -July 2004
NCIL remains committed to pushing for the passage of this legislation.

The U.S. Supreme Court's Olmstead Decision: Five Years Later -June 2004
the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured releases two new reports and a video examining what progress has been made and the impact on the Medicaid program.

Medicaid's community-based spending on long-term care soars -June 2004
Community-based spending by state governments on long-term care now accounts for 30% of total Medicaid long-term care spending.

Medicaid 2003 Expenditures -May 2004
The national and state FY 2003 Medicaid Long Term Care and Home and Community-Based Waiver figures are now available.

Medicaid: Good Medicine for State Economies -May 2004
2004 Update.

Protect Medicaid from Budget Cuts -April 2004
From the National Council on Independent Living.

Prepare for Money Follows Person Hearing -April 2004
Senate Finance Committee to Hold Hearing on Money Follows the Individual and Other New Freedom Initiative Programs.

Senate Resolution Calls for Medicaid Cuts -March 2004
The resolution proposes cutting Medicaid by at least $11 billion over five years.

Confrontation over Medicaid Financing -January 2004
U.S. Nears Clash With Governors on Medicaid Cost.

President Bush's Budget Shortchanges Money Follows the Person -January 2004
Budget Shows 70 Percent Less Funding For Money Follows The Individual.

Harkin Calls For A Hearing -January 2004
On Community Based Services for Medicaid Recipients.

New Online State Database on Medicaid Benefits -October 2003
Based on a survey conducted by Health Management Associates.

New Freedom Initiative Medicaid Demonstration Act of 2003 -September 2003
The proposals in the bill would address barriers to home and community-based care under Medicaid.

Dental, Hearing Aid & Eyeglass Coverage For Adults -September 2003
in Medicaid & other programs.

Court Allows People with Disabilities -August 2003
To Continue Fight Against Oklahoma's Disparate Medicaid Prescription Plan.

President's New Freedom Medicaid Demonstrations Act of 2003 -August 2003
For more information.

Durable Medical Equipment (DME) -August 2003
Persons on Medicaid have an entitlement to certain DME.

GAO report on Medicaid waivers -July 2003
Text from a letter Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. John Breaux sent to the Health and Human Services Department.

NY offers Medicaid to working disabled -July 2003
Who can meet the SSA definition of disability.

Governors Resist Bush Plan to Slow Costs of Medicaid -May 2003
Have been unable to agree on a plan to rein in the soaring cost of Medicaid.

The National Governors' Association's Medicaid Reform Principles:
Their Implications for Community Living for Americans with Disabilities of All Ages. -April 2003
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Medicaid Recipients With Disabilities -April 2003
From Directing Their Own Personal Care Services, Study Finds.

Fighting Medicaid Cut-Backs -April 2003
What are YOUR disability advocates doing to fight against your Medicaid cut-backs?

National Governors' Association -March 2003
Announced the much-awaited creation of its Medicaid Reform Task Force.

Energy and Commerce and Budget Committees Medicaid cuts letter -March 2003
Urging members of the House to vote against the budget resolution because of cuts to Medicaid and SCHIP.

Congress Is Considering Major Cuts To Medicaid And SSI -March 2003
Please contact the following Senators immediately and ask them to oppose any cuts to Medicaid and other entitlements such as SSI in the final Budget Resolution conference report.

A Penalty for Hard Work -March 2003
If parents increase their incomes, their children lose health-care coverage under Medicaid.

State Medicaid Eligibility Cutbacks & Exclusions -March 2003
Proposed & Recently-Enacted, 2003.

Analysis of President Bush's Medicaid Proposals -March 2003
"Bush's New Freedom for State Medicaid Programs Would Not Free People with Disabilities."

Bush Administration's Medicaid Proposal -February 2003
Decimates Services for People with Disabilities.

Preserving Medicaid in Tough Times: An Action Kit for State Advocates
-January 2003
Families USA's kit includes new pieces on HIFA Waivers, Pharmacy Plus Waivers, Fighting Budget Cuts, Getting Coverage without Holding a Press Event, and Dealing with Negative Press.

Problems Accessing Dental Care for Children Enrolled in Medicaid -January 2002

State Rx Programs under Medicaid -January 2002