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	<title>PHInational.org &#187; Medicaid</title>
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	<description>PHI works to improve long-term care -- by improving the jobs of home health aides, certified nurse aides, &#38; personal care attendants.</description>
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		<title>Cuts to Medicaid Programs Avoided Due to ADA Compliance Issues</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/cuts-to-medicaid-programs-avoided-due-to-ada-compliance-issues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Separate court proceedings in California and Louisiana last week upheld the right of elders and people with disabilities to receive care in their homes under the Americans with Disabilities Act.]]></description>
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		<title>Super Committee Deadline Looms</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/super-committee-deadline-looms/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/super-committee-deadline-looms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction -- better known as the "Super Committee" -- has only until November 23 to report out a deal to find $1.2 trillion in savings over the next ten years or face a "trigger" that would result in automatic cuts.]]></description>
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		<title>Ad Calls for Action on At-Risk Medicaid Long-Term Care</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/ad-calls-for-action-on-at-risk-medicaid-long-term-care/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/ad-calls-for-action-on-at-risk-medicaid-long-term-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly 200 national organizations, including PHI, ran a newspaper ad in key Congressional districts urging readers to urge their Congress members not to cut Medicaid-funded long-term services.]]></description>
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		<title>Hundreds Turn Out at the Capitol to Support Medicaid</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/hundreds-turn-out-at-the-capitol-to-support-medicaid/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/hundreds-turn-out-at-the-capitol-to-support-medicaid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On September 21, hundreds of individuals with disabilities, direct-care workers, older adults, and others gathered on the West lawn of the U.S. Capitol to rally against cuts to Medicaid.]]></description>
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		<title>Advocates to Rally to Protect Medicaid</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/advocates-to-rally-to-protect-medicaid/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/advocates-to-rally-to-protect-medicaid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, September 21, thousands of advocates are expected to converge on Capitol Hill in a rally to defend Medicaid from severe cuts.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Super Committee&#8221; Will Likely Propose Medicaid Cuts, PHI Fact Sheet Reports</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/super-committee-will-likely-propose-medicaid-cuts-phi-fact-sheet-reports/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/super-committee-will-likely-propose-medicaid-cuts-phi-fact-sheet-reports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A congressional "super committee" tasked with slashing $1.5 trillion from the federal budget will likely propose deep cuts to Medicaid, according to the newest PHI "Medicaid Matters" fact sheet.]]></description>
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		<title>Medi-Cal Coverage of Adult Day Health Care Slated for Elimination</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/medi-cal-coverage-of-adult-day-health-care-slated-for-elimination/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/medi-cal-coverage-of-adult-day-health-care-slated-for-elimination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By the end of August, 35,000 low-income elders and people with disabilities will have received notification that Medi-Cal, California's Medicaid program, will no longer cover adult day health care (ADHC) beginning December 1.]]></description>
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		<title>Kansas Medicaid Cuts Could Increase Possibility of Olmstead Violation</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/kansas-medicaid-cuts-could-increase-possibility-of-olmstead-violation/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/kansas-medicaid-cuts-could-increase-possibility-of-olmstead-violation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Advocates say that Kansas's ability to care for people with disabilities in home- and community-based settings will be further hampered by proposed cuts to state Medicaid costs.]]></description>
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		<title>CLASS Act at Risk of Repeal, Would Eliminate PCA Workforce Panel</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/class-act-repeal-would-jeopardize-access-to-ltss-eliminate-pca-workforce-panel/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/class-act-repeal-would-jeopardize-access-to-ltss-eliminate-pca-workforce-panel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of bipartisan senators known as the "Gang of Six" have advanced a budget proposal that would repeal the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Advisor Defends Medicaid on White House Blog</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/obama-advisor-defends-medicaid-on-white-house-blog/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/obama-advisor-defends-medicaid-on-white-house-blog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Valerie Jarrett, a senior advisor to President Obama, wrote about why Medicaid matters on the White House blog.]]></description>
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