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Medicaid’s Rehabilitation Services Option: Overview and Current Policy Issues
In 2007, the President reintroduced a plan to place new restrictions on the types of services allowable under the Medicaid rehabilitation services option. Currently, 47 states plus the District of Columbia provide at least some type of services under the option. A new brief provides an overview and explores current policy issues.

Diane Rowland Testifies Before Congress About Medicaid’s Role for People With Disabilities
Diane Rowland, executive vice president of the Foundation, testified before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health about Medicaid’s development as a vital source of coverage for people with disabilities and its current role providing coverage and access to health services and supports for this population.

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Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Provisions in Health Reform Bills: Affordable Health Care for America Act & The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – January 2010 -- January 2010
This brief compares the Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program provisions in the House health reform legislation, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, as passed by the full House on Nov. 7, 2009, with the Senate’s reform legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as passed on Dec. 24, 2009.

Medicaid Home and Community-Based Service Programs - Data Update -- November 2009

This report presents a summary of the main trends to emerge from the latest (2006) expenditures and participant data for the three main Medicaid Home and Community-Based Service programs: optional 1915 (the letter "c") HCBS waivers; the mandatory home health benefit; and the optional state plan personal care services benefit.

The Sleeper in Health Reform: Long-Term Care and the CLASS Act -- October 2009

This Kaiser briefing examines the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act, a provision in two leading health reform bills that would establish a national voluntary insurance program to allow for voluntary pre-financing of long-term care through payroll deductions and then provide a cash benefit to purchase services.

Medicaid Beneficiaries and Access to Care -- October 2009

This fact sheet summarizes Medicaid beneficiaries' experience in obtaining access to care. Research shows that Medicaid compares favorably with private coverage in connecting low-income children and adults with primary and preventive care.

The Crunch Continues: Medicaid Spending, Coverage and Policy in the Midst of a Recession -- September 2009

Our annual 50-state survey finds that number of people on Medicaid and state spending on the program are climbing sharply as a result of the recession, straining state budgets and pressuring officials to curb costs despite increased financial help from the federal government through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

Key Issues in Medicaid and Home and Community-Based Services and Support -- September 2009

These briefs examine current issues in providing more people who need long-term care services and supports access to these Medicaid services in home and community-based settings rather than in institutional ones.

Matching Health Benefit Packages to Health Needs: Key Issues To Consider In Health Reform -- September 2009

Three reports and a video examine the range of health care needs and costs that people face today against the backdrop of the scope of health coverage that may be available to them under health reform.

Children and Health Care Reform: Assuring Coverage That Meets Their Health Care Needs -- September 2009

This issue brief examines the health care needs and health costs of children and analyzes the specific health care needs of two children in particular, including one with serious health challenges, against the backdrop of the health coverage that may be available under health reform.

Individuals with Special Needs and Health Reform: Adequacy of Health Insurance Coverage -- September 2009

This issue brief examines the health care needs and health costs of individuals with special health challenges, focusing on those with low-to-moderate incomes, against the backdrop of the health coverage that may be available under health reform.

Health Reform Opportunities: Improving Policy for Dual Eligibles -- August 2009
This brief provides an overview of opportunities under health reform to realign federal and state policy for the dual eligibles to promote a more rational, cost-efficient system for 9 million of the poorest, sickest and highest-cost people covered by both Medicaid and Medicare.

This brief compares the Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program provisions in the House health reform legislation, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, as passed by the full House on Nov. 7, 2009, with the Senate’s reform legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as passed on Dec. 24, 2009.

This brief provides an overview of opportunities under health reform to realign federal and state policy for the dual eligibles to promote a more rational, cost-efficient system for 9 million of the poorest, sickest and highest-cost people covered by both Medicaid and Medicare.

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Medicaid/SCHIP: People with Disabilities
Medicaid is the single largest source of health care financing, public or private, for people with disabilities – covering over 8 million people under age 65 with disabilities. Medicaid covers individuals with a wide range of disabilities, including physical impairments and limitations like blindness and spinal cord injury; severe mental illness, and other disabling conditions, such as cerebral palsy, cystic fibrosis, Downs Syndrome, mental retardation, muscular dystrophy, autism, spina bifida, and HIV/AIDS. Medicaid covers services ranging from physician care and prescription drugs to behavioral health and long-term care support services that are often critical to enabling individuals with disabilities to work or live in the community.