Medicaid

POLICY ADVOCACY

Empire Justice Center Testimony at the Executive Budget Hearing on Human Services

Testimony before the Joint Legislative Committees on human services in the 2010-2011 ...

Empire Justice Center Testimony at the Executive Budget Hearing on Health

Testimony presented at the joint legislative hearing on the 2010 - 2011 Executive Bud...

PUBLICATIONS

In Sickness and In Debt

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Medicaid Matters

Finding a Better Way: Ten consumer-friendly ideas to improve New York’s Medicaid prog...

NEWSLETTERS

January 2010 :

Empire Justice Center's bi-monthly newsletter for DAP Advocates Read More


UPCOMING EVENTS

Medicaid 101 - Health Care Programs for People with HIV

This training will provide case managers and other client advocates with basic inform...

Maximizing Health coverage for DAP clients - Before and After Winning the Case

Brief overview will include: recent changes to Medicaid, Family Health Plus and Child...

 

Medicaid Sub-sections

 


Recent Medicaid Articles

Tool Kit for Community Health Centers: Helping Patients Access Medicaid
January 19, 2010
This tool kit provides fact sheets and forms on ten different topics related to helping patients access Medicaid coverage or other help with paying for health care services. Read More

Federal Health Care Reform: Impact on NYS Medicaid
January 4, 2010
This outline analyzes selected public health provisions in the House and Senate health care reform proposals and their impact on NYS Medicaid. The outline was prepared for the January, 2010 annual meeting of the NYSBA's Health Law Committee. Read More

New York's Budget Negotiation Should Not Jeopardize Critical Medicaid Services for Vulnerable New Yorkers
November 19, 2009
Cuts to so-called Optional Medicaid Services are not optional at all. Read More

2009 Changes to Medicaid Eligibility
August 13, 2009
A year ago we took stock of significant gains in the advocacy campaign to expand access to Medicaid coverage in New York State. This year, we would be remiss if we didn’t once again catalogue legislative action that promises to streamline, simplify and expand eligibility even further. Read More

Public Health Insurance News
December 1, 2008
Continued expansion of Mandatory Medicaid Managed Care, expansion of Mandatory Managed Care to Persons with HIV/AIDS, Prescription Medicaid "carve-out" for Family Health participants, passage of Federal Medicare Legislation. Read More