How Healthcare Reform Strengthens Medicaid's Role in Ending and Preventing Homelessness: The Medicaid Eligibility Expansion

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Article Publication Date: 
4/1/2011
Summary: 
In March 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). This historic piece of legislation presents significant opportunities to improve access to quality, affordable health care for all Americans. This is particularly true for homeless people and people at risk of homelessness, whose options for accessing physical and behavioral health care services, health promotion services, and chronic disease management programs have historically been limited.
Topics: 
Housing; Medicaid
Sources: 
Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc.
Programs/Initiatives: 
Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Keywords: 
Eligibility
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Homelessness; Access to Health Insurance; Safety Net of Needed Services;

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