Archive for February, 2019

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February 22, 2019
Trump Administration’s New Rule Intended to Reduce Access to Reproductive Health for Low-Income Individuals and Families
Changes to Title X Will Strip Health Clinics of Tens of Millions of Federal DollarsWashington – The Trump administration continued its attack on reproductive health with a harmful rule change on Friday that threatens to drastically undermine access to comprehensive unbiased family planning services for low income people. Title…
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February 22, 2019
Abortion Coverage Under Medicaid
Fabiola Carrión Q&A
This Q&A provides an overview of how the federal government and states cover abortion under Medicaid. The Q&A's Appendix provides a chart looking at every state's coverage. National Health Law Program Senior Attorney Fabiola Carrión notes that federal Medicaid "funding for abortion is severely constrained, but not completely unavailable.…
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February 22, 2019
Case Statement and Strategic Action Fund
Elizabeth G. Taylor Article
National Health Law Program’s Strategic Action Fund We support and educate lawyers in all 50 states and D.C.; we advocate for federal health policy that ensures access to quality health care for low-income people; and if we can’t protect health rights through advocacy and persuasion, we litigate. Our track record…
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February 22, 2019
Calif. Health Care System Merger Finalized, Questions Remain Around Access to Abortion and Transgender Care at Religious Hospitals
Hayley Penan Homepage
The newly merged entity of religious hospitals in California, called CommonSpirit Health, is now the nation’s largest nonprofit hospital system by revenue. It is worth $29 billion and has 142 hospitals and more than 700 care sites across 21 states. These are hospitals that serve diverse populations, including people…
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February 19, 2019
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2020
Mara Youdelman and Candace Gibson Comments
National Health Law Program's comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding proposed regulations that would continue the administration's campaign to weaken the landmark Affordable Care Act's protections for health care consumers.
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February 12, 2019
Government Accountability Office Report Reveals States Violating Medicaid Coverage Rules on Abortion
Fabiola Carrión Homepage
Responding to a 2016 request from Congressmembers Diana DeGette and Jan Schakowsky, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a February 4 report on the status of Medicaid coverage of abortion. The GAO conducted a literature review and sought information from 51 State Medicaid Offices, the Centers for Medicare and…
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Trump Administration’s New Rule Intended to Reduce Access to Reproductive Health for Low-Income Individuals and Families

Abortion Coverage Under Medicaid

Case Statement and Strategic Action Fund

Calif. Health Care System Merger Finalized, Questions Remain Around Access to Abortion and Transgender Care at Religious Hospitals

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2020

Government Accountability Office Report Reveals States Violating Medicaid Coverage Rules on Abortion