California’s Medi-Cal program provides free or low-cost health care coverage to more than 14 million low-income adults, families with children, seniors, persons with disabilities, pregnant women, children in foster care, and former foster youth up to age 26. Medi-Cal, like other Medicaid programs, covers a wide range of health services which, taken together, are intended to provide a comprehensive package of health care services from infancy to end of life. To learn more about what services are covered and for an explanation of many of the important benefits available through Medi-Cal,...

With help from Gordon Bonnyman from the Tennessee Justice Center, National Health Law Program provides the 2026 updated “A Quick and Easy Method of Screening for Medicaid Eligibility under the Pickle Amendment,” a screening tool and chart to determine if clients may be Medicaid eligible under the Pickle Amendment. The screening process will eliminate the great majority of those who are not eligible without the necessity of performing any mathematical calculations.

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NHeLP and Free the Pill created this Toolkit to help state advocates secure coverage of over-the-counter contraceptives through legislation. As states confront provider and clinic shortages resulting ...

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Many immigrants’ eligibility for Medicaid will be significantly restricted under the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Act (H.R. 1). While H.R. 1 eliminated mandatory Medicaid funding for some individuals, it did not affect optional coverage for lawfully residing children and pregnant people pursuant to the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA), nor the From-Conception-to-End-of-Pregnancy (FCEP) option. States may continue to receive federal funding to provide coverage to these populations, and take other actions to mitigate the harm of this devastating loss of coverage...