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New Survey Results on Medicaid Unwinding
Dear John,
In this week’s newsletter:
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Major
Gaps
in
States’
Medicaid
Performance
[#1]
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Congressional
Letter
on
ACA/DACA
[#2]
[#3]
Healthcare: PIF Takes Action to Protect Access to Care
States resumed Medicaid eligibility re-assessments last April, for the first time since the pandemic began. PIF recently conducted a survey of advocates and community organizations, asking how their states performed on key issues for immigrant families. Our survey report, released yesterday [[link removed]] , finds major gaps in states’ performance, which put health care access for millions at risk.
Responding to these findings, PIF sent a letter to CMS [[link removed]] on Thursday, November 17th, urging the federal agency that administers Medicaid to pause “unwinding” implementation in states that have failed to lower known barriers facing immigrant families. The letter was signed by 40 members of PIF’s Steering Committee and Medicaid Unwinding Task Force.
Please join us for a webinar on Thursday, December 14 at 12:30pm ET / 9:30am PT to learn more about the threat to immigrant families, what PIF is doing to protect health care access, and how your organization can help. PIF speakers will provide an overview of the findings, and we’ll get a frontline perspective from PIF members:
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Justin
Gust,
El
Centro,
Kansas
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Vanessa
Zapata,
Tennessee
Justice
Center
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Kate
Purrington,
Health
Law
Advocates,
Massachusetts
Register for the Webinar [[link removed]]
Federal Advocacy: ACA/DACA Congressional Letter
PIF was pleased to see that, last week, many members of Congress called on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to finalize their proposed rule to expand health coverage for those participating in the DACA program. Led by Representatives Lee, Castro, and Jayapal, and Senators Booker and Durbin, these and other lawmakers requested that the Biden Administration address the following questions:
1.
What
is
preventing
HHS
from
finalizing
the
rule,
and
how
can
congressional
allies
help
address
any
barriers?
2.
When
the
rule
is
finalized,
what
resources
will
your
administration
devote
to
ensuring
newly
eligible
people
are
aware
of
their
health
coverage
options?
The
preamble
of
the
proposed
rule
stated,
“implementation
of
these
changes
would
be
most
effective
during
a
period
when
there
are
many
outreach
and
enrollment
activities
occurring.”
The
time
to
finalize
this
policy
and
expand
health
coverage
is
now.
Read the Letter [[link removed]]
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