Medicaid Managed Care - U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging

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CONSENSUS FOR ACTION _
Under Crmnt <strong>Medicaid</strong> law, all <strong>Medicaid</strong> services must be provided without regard to the diseaae status
of the benefidaay. Other provisions of the law require all services to be provided statewide and insist that
the services that one type of beneficiary receives must be comparable to those that another receives. Still
other provisions of the <strong>Medicaid</strong> law guarantee beneficiaries all medically necessary services.
It is important to recognize that great variations in language, culture geography, and other factors eist
that have the potential to divide the AIDS community. Howeve& high quality health care for any beneficiary
is threatened unless high quality health care is ensured for all beneficiaries. Therefore, an important
goal of our advocacy must be to ensure that all people are treated fairly in <strong>Medicaid</strong> managed care programs
and that all people receive the high quality health care that everyone deserves.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE WITH AIDS I