In 2012: Sample Clauses

In 2012:. In January, the Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx Family Foundation Published a Women’s Issue Brief entitled Medicaid’s Role for Women across the Lifespan: Current Issues and the Impact of the Affordable Care Act.74 • On February 8, 2012, the Alaska Health Policy Review published findings of the first Commonwealth Fund Health Insurance Tracking Survey of U.S. adults, indicating that 57% of adults in low-income families were uninsured for some time in the past year, as were 36% of those in moderate-income families.75 • In March, the Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC), an initiative of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, published criteria to assist states and stakeholders in measuring and assessing state progress toward developing fully functioning single entry point systems for long-term services and supports. Core functions include: o Information, referral and awareness o Options counseling o Streamlined eligibility determination for public programs o Person-Centered Transition Support o Consumer population partnerships and stakeholder involvement o Quality assurance and continuous improvement • On March 21, the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) expressed strong disappointment in the proposed federal budget that lowers the overall discretionary spending cap. Medicaid, the sole lifeline for many individuals with developmental disabilities, would be severely cut over the next ten years and converted to block grants to states.76 72 HHS press release, June 29, 2011