Talking Medicaid

Changes in Medicaid may be coming to your community sooner than 2014, when all adults up to 133 percent of poverty will be eligible for basic health care coverage.

The National Alliance to End Homelessness encourages best practices to end homelessness, starting with access to appropriate permanent housing. For some homeless families and individuals, permanent housing solutions should offer supports and services to sustain housing stability.

Best practices for chronically homeless individuals include providing access to all necessary health care services, whether medical, psychosocial in nature. The 2010 Affordable Care Act includes significant expansions of Medicaid, the health insurance program for low-income Americans. The Alliance encourages supportive housing providers to explore Medicaid as a strategy, among others, to finance effective services that lead to desirable housing outcomes, as well as health outcomes.

To that end, the Alliance has developed tools and information to help advocates and others better understand Medicaid, and to formulate planning and practice strategies incorporating Medicaid services into permanent supportive housing programs.

Spotlight

Webinar  |  January 19, 2012
A video recording of the webinar entitled, "Putting the Pieces Together: Primary Care and Behavioral Health Services in Permanent Supportive Housing."
Webinar  |  May 6, 2011
Listen to a recording of Talking Medicaid, the May 4 webinar sponsored by the Alliance. The slide presentation is also available for downloading.
Solutions Brief  |  March 25, 2011
Clearly health care reform creates opportunities to improve assistance to chronically homeless people. Those concerned to combine housing and services should get involved early to ensure that the interests of people they care about are protected.

Library Resources

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Other  |  May 6, 2011
For More Information about the Affordable Care Act, please use the following links.
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Federal Policy Brief  |  May 6, 2011
Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), starting on January 1, 2014, Medicaid eligibility will expand to include all individuals under 133% of the federal poverty. This brief is a guide to Sample Health Care Benefits Packages created under the health care reform bill.
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Federal Policy Brief  |  February 28, 2011
| As parts of the Affordable Care Act are phased in, state leaders are facing complex decisions on issues. This issues - as well as possible solutions - are discussed in this brief about applying the ACA to benefit at-risk and homelessness populations.