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The Family Four-Month Visit: A Multi-Generational and Multi-Caregiver Approach to Whole Family Health
Storybanking for Medicaid Defense: Elevating Mental Health and Substance Use Stories To Reduce Barriers to Care
Massachusetts Provides a Model for Addressing Students’ Risky Substance Use
A Case for Trauma-Informed Care
Addressing Out Of Control Prescription Drug Prices: Federal and State Strategies
Lessons in Health Coverage Consumer Assistance: Best Practices and Future Challenges
Innovative Pre-Arrest Diversion Strategies: Using Hospitals as Service Entry Points For People With Addiction
A Guide to Using Non-Stigmatizing Language
Oral Health Innovation: Opportunity and Risk, Medicaid Waivers and the Keys to Good Oral Health
Selected CHIP Policy Changes Enacted 2018
The Children’s Health Insurance Program: Recent Policy Changes and Action Steps for Advocates
5 Reasons Work Requirements in Medicaid Won’t Work
Top Five Health Equity Priorities for Kids in 2018
Work Requirements: A One-Way Ticket to the Coverage Gap
CMS Approves State Plan Amendment for Massachusetts, Creating New Opportunity for School-based Medicaid
Mi Salud, Mi Voz: Una Guía Paso a Paso Para Mujeres Sobre Cómo Usar el Seguro Médico
Transforming Hospital Community Benefit: Increasing Community Engagement and Health Equity Investment in Connecticut
Meaningful Youth Engagement: Strengthening Prevention of Substance Use Disorders
Strengthening Advocacy Organizations by Adding Service Delivery
Community Alternatives to Arrest
Women and LGBTQ-Friendly Marketplaces
Promising Practices for Pre-Arrest Diversion Programs
Comments on Wisconsin Medicaid proposed amendment to its Section 1115 waiver
Five Ways Medicaid Is Making Health Care Better
Capping Medicaid: How Per Capita Caps Would Affect Long-Term Services & Supports and Home Care jobs
Special Needs Plans: Focusing on Social Determinants of Health Among Duals
SBIRT: Frequently Asked Questions
Financial Alignment Demonstrations Update: Summary of Three Briefs on Evaluation Findings, March 2017
Network Adequacy Campaign Guide
Case Study: State Consumer Health Advocates Ensure that Provider Directories are an Accurate and Useful Tools for Georgians
The AHCA would leave many older Americans without health care: 10 State's Numbers
American Health Care Act’s Medicaid Plan Is Bad Medicine for Families
Impact of Medicaid Per Capita Caps on Long Term Services and Supports
A New Generation of Children’s Health Policy: A Two (Or More) Generation Approach
Dental Therapists: Expanding Access to Oral Health Care
Recommendations to Improve Consumer Engagement in Quality Measurement
Key Steps in Creating and Using Quality Measures
Block Grants and Per Capita Caps Would Dismantle Medicaid as We Know It
Bringing Independence Home: Housing-Related Provisions Under Medicaid 1915(c) HCBS Waivers
Meaningful Consumer Engagement in Pre-Arrest Diversion Programs
Building Support for Pre-Arrest Diversion Through Coalitions
Engaging Veterans in Close the Gap Campaigns
Medicaid Non-Emergency Medical Transportation: An Overlooked Lifeline for Older Adults
Asking the Right Questions to avoid Churn
Health Insurance Churn: The Basics
Hospitals Investing in Health: Community Benefit in Massachusetts
Financing and Sustainability Options for Pre-Arrest Diversion Programs
Consumer Engagement in Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations: A Review of Practices in Six States
Consumer Policy Platform for Health System Transformation
Massachusetts Working Group on Substance Exposed Newborns: A memo to summarize findings
Continuum of Services for Pre-Arrest Diversion Programs
Planning and Financing Complex Case Management for Pre-Arrest Diversion Programs
Fact Sheet on Safe Harbor and Repayment Caps
Model State Parity Legislation Information Sheet
Summary of Model State Parity Legislation
Model State Parity Legislation
Health Market Consolidation
Medicaid Managed Care Rule Fact Sheet and Advocacy Guide
Opportunities at the Intersection of Health and Housing
Qualified Health Plan Certification Advocacy: Essential Health Benefits Checklist
Advocates’ Guide to the Change In The Medicaid Free Care Rule
Making Health Reform Work: State Consumer Assistance Programs
Collaborating to Address Community Health Needs: The Greater Waterbury Health Improvement Partnership
Helping Consumers Find Exemptions to Avoid the Fee
Trusted Voices: The Role of Community Health Workers in Health System Transformation
How do we get to better, smarter, healthier? The Role of Consumer Advocates in Measuring Quality
Preventing Addiction with SBIRT
The Path to a People-Centered Health System: Next Generation Consumer Health Advocacy
Training Resources for the Implementation of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)
Funding Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) in Public Schools
Trusted Voices: The Role of Community Health Workers in Health System Transformation
Key Consumer Provisions in the Dual Demonstrations: Findings from a Survey of ACAP Plans
Demographic Health Disparities and Health System Transformation: Drivers and Solutions
How Common Medicaid Waiver Provisions Impact People and State Budgets
ACA Enrollment: Reaching People with Substance Use Disorders
Leveraging “Medically Frail” Medicaid Rules to Help Consumers: Advocacy in States Considering New Policies
Leveraging “Medically Frail” Medicaid Rules to Help Consumers: Advocacy in States with Existing Policies
Getting Ready for Open Enrollment
Section 1332 State Innovation Waiver Consumer Principles
An Advocate’s Guide to 1332 State Innovation Waivers
Geriatrics-Competent Care: Multidisciplinary Geriatric Assessments
Trusted Voices: The Role of Community Health Workers in Health System Transformation
Rhode Island Memorandum of Understanding Fact Sheet
Life changes that give consumers a Special Enrollment Period
Pyramid of Engagement
Community Catalyst Health System Transformation Glossary
Maternal Depression: Implications for Parents and Children and Opportunities for Policy Change
Parent Eligibility Roll-Back in Rhode Island: Causes, Effects and Lessons Learned
Grasstops Engagement and Grassroots Activation: How Advocates Improved Pennsylvania’s Medicaid Waiver
Promoting Effective Identification of Medically Frail Individuals Under Medicaid Expansion
LGBT Data Collection
What Does the Affordable Care Act Say about Hospital Bills?
Connecting Enrollment Assisters, Consumers and Coverage Gap Campaigns
Health Care Provider Assessments: A State-Based Funding Solution for Closing the Coverage Gap
How States Can Leverage the CHIP 23 Percentage-Point Bump
Medicaid Offers New Strategies to Prevent Substance Misuse
Network Adequacy Checklist
Network Adequacy Talking points
Mental Health Parity: The Basics
Working with your DOI: Tips for Advocates
EHB Template Letter
Talking Points for Essential Health Benefits (EHB)
Finding Common Ground Principles for Essential Health Benefits
Generic Medicaid Fact Sheet and Social Media Content
How Common Medicaid Cuts Harm State Budgets
How Closing the Coverage Gap Benefits Hospitals
Engaging Hospitals in Campaigns to Close the Gap: Best Practices from the Field
Lift Up Your Voice!
True Talk: Power of Prevention
Commission on Dental Accreditation Adopts National Standards for Dental Therapy Training Programs
Preparing for 2016 Marketplaces
Closing the Coverage Gap Helps Combat Drug and Alcohol Problems
Guidance for Advocates: Identifying Parity Violations & Taking Action
Conflict of Interest Toolkit on Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committees
Kicking Off Open Enrollment: Social Media Content
Miles to Go: Progress on Addressing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in the Dual Demonstration Projects
A Guide to Policy Compromises in Recent Section 1115 Waivers
Eldercare Workforce Alliance Toolkit for Advocates for Dually Eligible Older Adults
Finding Common Ground: Network Adequacy Principles
The Affordable Care Act Expands Access to Treatment for Substance Use Disorders
CHIP Social Media Examples and Tips
Responding to Frequently Asked Questions about the Children’s Health Insurance Program
CHIP’s Uncertain Future: Key Dates Along the Way (Graphic)
The Family Glitch: What Happens to Coverage for Kids? (Graphic)
CHIP Toolkit: Potential Sources of Data on CHIP
Making the Case for CHIP: Why CHIP Is Still Crucial in a Post-ACA Environment
What is Youth SBIRT?
Conflict of Interest Toolkit on Samples
Community Benefit: Tools and Resources to Get Involved with Non-profit Hospitals to Address Unmet Community Health Needs
HHS Proposed Regulations on Eligibility Redeterminations Summary and concerns about maintaining affordable coverage
August Recess Toolkit: Sharing Success Stories and Spotlight on the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
Connecting Consumers to Coverage: Mobilizing for Enrollment
Connecting Consumers to Coverage: Mobilizing for Enrollment
Conflict of Interest Toolkit on Transparency and Disclosure
Questions to Ask Your Insurance Commissioner About Rates
The ACA and Former Foster Youth: Opportunities and Challenges for States
American Indian and Alaska Native Outreach and Enrollment Efforts
How the Affordable Care Act Impacts American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
Bringing Children Along: The Importance of Pediatric Quality Initiatives in CHIPRA
Responding to Insurance Rates
Churn Toolkit: Stabilizing Coverage for Children and Families
Meaningful Consumer Engagement
Improving Network Adequacy: Ideas for Advocacy Strategies
Strengthening Long-Term Services and Supports
Talking Points for Educating Policymakers About Network Adequacy
Network Adequacy: What Advocates Need to Know
Tried and True: LGBT Cultural Competency and Enrollment
Final Regulations Strengthen Parity For Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
Advocacy Strategies for Monitoring EHB Implementation
Essential Health Benefits: Issues to Watch
Conflicts of Interest in Medical EducationRecommendations From the Pew Task Force on Medical Conflicts of Interest
Conflicts-of-Interest Policies for Academic Medical Centers
Increasing Access to Dental Care by Expanding the Dental Team to Include the Practice of Dental Therapists
Recommended Standards for Dental Therapy Education Programs in the United States
Creating Standards for Consistent, High-Quality Dental Therapy Education in the United States
Short Checklist: How Consumer Focused Are Your State's Medicaid Managed Long Term Services and Supports?
Checklist: How Consumer Focused Are Your State's Medicaid Managed Long Term Services and Supports?
Rhode Island's Development of a Pediatric Health Home
Beyond Enrollment: Ensuring Stable Coverage for Children in Medicaid and CHIP
Top Twenty Pay-for-Delay Drugs: How Drug Industry Payoffs Delay Generics, Inflate Prices and Hurt Consumers
Message Research Memo: Talking About Health Insurance
Outreach and Enrollment Key Program Elements
Outreach and Enrollment Campaign Planning Guide
Editorial Board Meeting one-pager
VIDEO: Voices for Better Health
Toolkit on Speakers Bureaus
Mental Health Parity: Advocacy Is Increasing State Enforcement
Conflicts of Interest Toolkit on Ghostwriting and Name-Lending
Conflicts of Interest Toolkit on Relations with Sales Representatives
Conflict of Interest Curriculum Toolkit
Ensuring Access to Pediatric Dental Benefits in the Affordable Care Act
Toolkit on Continuing Medical Education
A Seat at the Table: Consumer Engagement Strategies Essential to the Success of State Dual Eligible Demonstration Projects
VIDEO: Voices for Better Health
Infographic: Dental Therapists Are A Smart Investment
Economic Viability of Dental Therapists
Greater Than the Sum: Using Integrated Care to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities among Dual Eligibles Role for Consumers
Greater Than the Sum: Using Integrated Care to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities among Dual Eligibles
The Dual Eligible Demonstration Projects: State and Health Plan Readiness
The Dual Eligible Demonstration Projects: The Passive Enrollment Challenge
Risky Business: Capitated Financing in the Dual Eligible Demonstration Projects
Do The Right Thing: How Congress Can Generate Health Care Budget Savings Without Hurting Medicare and Medicaid Beneficiaries
Advancing Health Reform by Inclusion: Engaging Communities of Color in Creating Policy Change
Better Care at Lower Costs
Health Homes: Rhode Island's Development of a Pediatric Health Home Model
Avenues for Consumer Engagement to Shape Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports
Executive Summary: Putting Consumers First: Promising Practices for Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports
Putting Consumers First: Promising Practices for Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports
Roadmaps To Health Community Grants Advocacy Toolkit
CHIP Update: Major Dates and Budget Implications Relevant to the Children's Health Insurance Program
The Sickle Cell Treatment Act of 2003: The Law's Provisions and Opportunities for Advocacy Policy Brief
The Sickle Cell Treatment Act of 2003: The Law's Provisions and Opportunities for Advocacy
Best Practices for Meaningful Consumer Input in New Health Care Delivery Models
Business Community Participation in Health Reform: The Massachusetts Experience
Executive Summary: All for One and One for All: Promising Practices for Consumer Health Advocacy Collaboration
All for One and One for All: Promising Practices for Consumer Health Advocacy Collaboration
Essential Health Benefits: Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Advocacy
Essential Health Benefits: Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders -- Necessary Services
Child Welfare and the Affordable Care Act: Key Provisions for Foster Care Children and Youth
Consumer Rights to Mental Health Treatment: State Responsibility for Enforcing the Federal Parity Act
Letter to Senator Bernard Sanders Regarding Comprehensive Dental Health Legislation
Dual Eligible Demonstration Projects: Top Ten Priorities for Consumer Advocates
Promoting Racial and Ethnic Health Equity through Exchanges
Talking Points: Promoting Racial and Ethnic Health Equity through Exchanges to Policymakers
Integrated System of Care for Dual Eligibles: Capitated Approach
The 2012 Farm Bill: An Opportunity to Address Childhood Obesity
Letter to Dr. Jerilyn Glass on Priming the Pump of Primary Care
Protecting Seniors by Ensuring Safe Drug Manufacturing
Payment Reform Toolkit
Expanding Treatment for Substance Use Disorders: Top Five Priorities for Advocates
Letter to Secretary Sebelius Regarding Disclosure of Industry Payment to Physicians and Teaching Hospitals
Substance Use Disorders: Protect Medicaid
Community Catalyst Substance Use Disorder Goals
Childhood Obesity Policy Agenda
Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program: Past Successes and Future Opportunities for Improvement
Community-Based Care Transitions Program
Healthy Hospital Initiative
From national partners - Medicaid Messaging Guide and Defense Messages
Twitter 101
Facebook 101
Facebook Status
Video Tipsheet
How to Build and Maintain Relationships with State Officials
Tips for Working With Legislators
Template letter to legislator
Data mining amicus brief filed with the Supreme Court
Investing in Our Future: New England Business Leaders' Views on Children's Health Advocacy
Insuring New England's Children: An Advocacy Success Story
Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Strategies for Successful State Implementation of the Affordable Care Act
The "Dual Eligible" Opportunity: Improving Care and Reducing Costs for Individuals Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid
Staying the Course: The Essential Role of Consumer Advocates in Reforming Health Care
Safety of Over-the-Counter Drugs
Testimony to the Massachusetts Public Health Council Regarding the Determination of Need for the Transfer of Ownership of the Caritas Christi Hospitals
Prescription Access Litigation Comments on FDA's notice on Direct-to-Consumer Advertisements
Best Kept Secrets: Are Non-Profit Hospitals Informing Patients About Charity Care Programs?
Summary of Hospital Accountability Provisions in National Health Reform
Building on the Foundation: Consumer Advocacy's Role in Successful Health Care Reform - Executive Summary
Building on the Foundation: Consumer Advocacy's Role in Successful Health Care Reform
Chronic Health Conditions Come with a Hefty Price Tag for Patients, Families, and Caregivers
Chronic Illness: Who's at Risk?
Chronic Illness: The Cost to Society
The Case for Better Care: Care coordination for people with complex, multiple health conditions
Gains in the States: Consumer Advocacy and Federal-State Alliances Help Expand Health Coverage
NEACH Alert: Patient-Centered Medical Homes
Consumers for Affordable Health Care Testimony on Payment Reform
The MassHealth Pharmacy Program: Implementation Report
Consumer Principles on Massachusetts Payment Reform
Paying for Better Care: A Consumer Advocate's Reference Guide to Payment Reform
Progress Despite Barriers: Public demand spurs expansion of health coverage
Pediatric Quality of Care Matrix and Menu
Pediatric Quality of Care Toolkit
Individual Mandates: Critical Consumer Protections
The Importance of Establishing a Common Sense Health Care Affordability Standard for Individuals and Families
Community Catalyst's National Health Reform Priorities
Strengthening Consumer Engagement:A Critical Ingredient in Successful Health Reform
An Example of Consumer Engagement: The Massachusetts Helpline
Health Disparities Policy Recommendations for Inclusion in National Health Care Reform
A Public Plan Option: Promoting Meaningful Choice, Higher Quality and Lower Costs
System Change for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries: Better Care, Better Quality
The Charity Care and Community Benefit Obligations of Nonprofit Hospitals
Priorities for Federal Health Reform Related to Prescription Drugs
SFC Coverage Comments with Sign On
SFC Options for Expanding Coverage
SFC Delivery System Reform Comments
SFC Delivery System Reform Comments Sign-On
SFC Financing Overview
SFC Financing Options Comments
SFC Financing comments re hospitals sign on
Strengthening Medicaid in National Health Reform
Working with Single Payer Advocates
Creating Exchanges: Lessons from Massachusetts
Massachusetts Health Reform: The Facts
U.S. Senate Finance Committee Coverage Policy Options Detailed Section by Section Summary -- May 18, 2009
Holding Non-profit Hospitals Accountable: A Report on the Effectiveness of the Texas Charity Care Law in Meeting the Needs of the Low-income Uninsured and Underinsured
Summary of Comments on Expanding Health Care Coverage: Proposals to Provide Affordable Coverage to All Americans
Re: Comments on Expanding Health Care Coverage: Proposals to Provide Affordable Coverage to All Americans
Comments on: Financing Comprehensive Health Care Reform: Proposed Health System Savings and Revenue Options
Comments on Expanding Health Care Coverage: Proposals to Provide Affordable Coverage to All Americans
Consumer Perspective on Senate Finance Committee Proposals for Modifying the Requirements for Tax-Exempt Hospitals
Consumer Perspective on Senate Finance Committee Proposals to Expand Health Care Coverage
Health Care Financing Options
Special Delivery: How Coordinated Care Programs Can Improve Quality and Save Costs
SFC Coverage Options Comments
SFC Coverage Comments Short
Key Messaging
Delivery System Reform options memo
Big Benefits from $1:Raising Cigarette Taxes in the South To Boost Health and the Economy
Big Benefits from $1: Raising Cigarette Taxes in Florida and the South To Boost Health and the Economy
GAO Estimates
Health Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
When Coverage Fails: Causes and Remedies for Inadequate Health Insurance
Bring the National Health Care Reform Conversation to Your District: A Guide for State Advocates
Alabama Appleseed letter
Connecticut Voices for Children letter
Florida CHAIN letter
Illinois Health Care Justice Center letter addressed to President Obama
Child and Family Policy Center letter addressed to President Obama
Letter addressed to President Obama by Maine health advocates
Maryland Health Care for All letter addressed to President Obama
Health Care For All letter addressed to President Obama
Mississippi Health Advocacy Program letter addressed to President Obama
Missouri Health Advocacy Alliance letter addressed to President Obama
Letter addressed to President Obama by New Hampshire health advocates
NJ for Health Care letter addressed to President Obama
Health Action New Mexico letter addressed to President Obama
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NC Justice Center letter addressed to President Obama
UHCAN Ohio letter addressed to President Obama
Letter addressed to President Obama signed by Oregon health advocates
PA Health Access Network letter addressed to President Obama
Letter addressed to President Obama signed by Rhode Island health advocates
South Carolina Appleseed letter addressed to President Obama
Tennessee Health Care Campaign letter addressed to President Obama
Texas CHIP Coalition letter addressed to President Obama
Letter addressed to President Obama signed by Utah health advocates
Vermont Campaign for Health Care Security letter addressed to President Obama
Virginia Interfaith Center letter addressed to President Obama
Health Care Events Guide
States of Health June 2002
Example of comprehensive health agenda that includes cost containment, specifically never events
NEACH Alert: Overview of CHIPRA 2009 Provisions
Community Catalyst summary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Health Care for All Maryland testimony on academic detailing
New England Alliance for Children's Health: One Page Summary
Massachusetts postcard for Medicaid Defense Tool Kit
Medicaid defense letter from supporters
Washington Small Business Video Story Collection Template
Medicaid improves health of community in Ohio
Massachusetts postcard campaign
Expanding Coverage for Dependents
Defending Medicaid and Containing Costs: What Can Consumers Do?
NEACH Alert: Children's Mental Health in Massachusetts
Town Hall Meeting on Universal Health Care
Charity Hospital fact sheet provided by the Foundation for Historical Louisiana
Community Catalyst's brochure
Healthy Children: A Quality Investment - A Business Community Outreach Project
Free Care Monitoring Toolbox
Free Care Monitoring Guide
Free Care Monitoring Training Presentation
Free Care Monitoring Fact Sheet
"About Time Campaign" operations planning tools
North Carolina Alliance for Health Operating Principles
Organizations supporting a significant increase in the cigarette tax in North Carolina
Resolution of Support for Increasing Georgia's Cigarette Tax
"Four Myths Dispelled" fact sheet
Position statement from Healthy Florida Alliance campaign
The uninsured and tobacco-related illness in Florida
Talking Points in Support of Increasing NC's Cigarette Tax By at Least 75 cents
"Student health advocates rally at the state capital" press release
Healthy Florida Alliance: Straight answers to the most frequently asked questions
Increasing the cost of tobacco is a win-win-win for Kentucky
Our kids: Still getting hooked on cigarettes
South Carolina Cigarette Tax Media Report
Support for Cigarette Tax Increase in North Carolina Continues to Grow
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Regional contacts for the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
CDC recommendations on tobacco control funding, compared to actual state spending
Getting What You Pay For: Reducing Wasteful Medical Spending
The Pitfalls of High Risk Pools
Defining Affordable Health Care for Missouri
Defining Affordable Health Care for Missouri Fact Sheet
Executive Summary - Almost There: Covering the Remaining Uninsured Children in Rhode Island
Almost There: Covering the Remaining Uninsured Children in Rhode Island
NEACH Alert: Rhode Island Global Medicaid Waiver
More for Our Health Care Dollar: Improving Quality to Cut Costs
Commonhealth 20 Year Retrospective and Celebration Brief
Healthy San Francisco: A Case Study of City-Level Health Reform
Massachusetts Health Reform: What is the real story?
Amicus Curiae for Micah Bagby, Vain Saeed, Asya Khalid and Khadijah Barwari
Motion for leave to file brief as amicus curiae in opposition to proposed settlement agreement
Quinn v BJC Health System MO Prop Settlement
The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008: Special Needs Plans
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California's Near Miss: Understanding the proposed ABx1-1 legislation
Medicare Special Needs Plans: A Critical Need for Quality Standards of Care
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Medicare Special Needs Plan: A Consumer Advocate's Guide To Opportunities, Risks and Promising Practices
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Model Legislation: Prescription Drug and Medical Device Marketing Restrictions and Disclosure Act
New Orleans Lawsuit Challenging Closing of Charity Hospital, Court Petition Part 1
New Orleans Lawsuit Challenging Closing of Charity Hospital, Court Petition Part 2
FAQ: New Orleans Lawsuit Challenging Closing of Charity Hospital
Revisiting Massachusetts Health Reform: 18 Months Later
Medicare Special Needs Plans (SNPs): What Consumer Advocates Should Know About Integrating Medicare and Medicaid Benefits for Dually Eligible Enrollees
Compendium of Community Benefit Laws
Congressional Testimony on Free Care and Community Benefit Standards
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Special Needs Plans (SNPs): Overpayment Debate Ignores Need for Reform to Achieve Original Program Goals
Affordable Health Care for All: What Does Affordable Really Mean?
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New England CHIP Poll Report
Walk in My Shoes Brochure
Understanding Health Reform in Vermont
Consumer Health Advocacy: A View from 16 States
Medicaid in Rhode Island: Our Investment for a Healthy Future
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An Ounce of Prevention: Tobacco Control Saves Money, Saves Lives
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