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- May 29, 2020
Medicaid Offers Critical Support for People Who Are Experiencing Behavioral Health Crises During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Read moreMay is Mental Health Awareness Month and this year the novel COVID-19 has complicated an already fraught system of behavioral health care in the United States. Many people experiencing new or exacerbated grief, anxiety, and depression because of the pandemic and the ensuing economic recession. As more people become…
- May 28, 2020
NHeLP Condemns Racist Violence
Read moreThe National Health Law Program defends the health care rights of all individuals. Inspired by this quote by South African social rights activist Desmond Tutu, “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor,” we must step up and condemn the injustices…
- May 28, 2020
Schwartz v. Cal DHCS, Superior Court of California
Abbi Coursolle and Kimberly Lewis CasesRead moreAn adult California Medicaid (Medi-Cal) beneficiary is challenging the California Department of Health Care Services and her county Mental Health Plan after she experienced a mental health crisis and was turned away from evaluation and subsequent treatment without appropriate notice. The Plaintiff alleges that she was denied medically necessary…
- May 27, 2020
Top Ten List: Reproductive and Sexual Health Care Access in the Time of COVID-19
Read moreThe COVID-19 pandemic is exposing and exacerbating pervasive obstacles to sexual health, family planning, prenatal, labor and delivery, postpartum, and abortion care in the U.S. It is also illuminating how overlapping systems of oppression unjustly mar the health and wellbeing of people with disabilities, LGBTQ individuals, and people of…
- May 26, 2020
A.M.C. v. Smith, Middle District of Tennessee
Read moreThirty-five children and adults from across Tennessee brought a class action challenging the State for wrongfully terminating people’s health insurance under Tennessee’s Medicaid program, known as TennCare. The Plaintiffs allege that TennCare’s system for reevaluating eligibility is defective and fails to provide the notice and opportunity for hearing required…
- May 21, 2020
Top Ten List: Transitions in the Medicaid Program in Light of COVID-19
Read moreDuring the emergency triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government has offered states flexibilities to ensure that people receive the Medicaid services they need. Many of these changes can be preserved even after the emergency ends. Here are ten actions that advocates can take to minimize harm and…
