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December 5, 2023
Response to RFI on Coverage of OTC Preventative Services (specifically contraception)
Rolonda Donelson, Michelle Yiu, and Christina Piecora Comments
NHeLP's comments in response to the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Health and Human Services request for information regarding coverage of OTC preventative services. Our comments are focused on access to OTC contraception and stress the potential equity, economic, and overall health…
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April 17, 2023
What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid? — Affordability
David Machledt Issue Brief
The foundation of accessible health care is affordability. High premiums prevent people from getting insurance, increase uncompensated care in hospitals and emergency departments, and contribute to medical bankruptcies. People facing high cost-sharing often delay or avoid necessary medical care, even when they know it could lead to worse outcomes…
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April 17, 2023
What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid?
Wayne Turner Fact Sheet, Issue Brief
With the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, and the implementation of Medicaid expansions and Marketplaces in 2014, the U.S. significantly expanded access to health insurance coverage. Architects of the ACA rightly viewed Medicaid as an essential piece of the universal coverage puzzle. Indeed, Medicaid is…
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April 4, 2023
NHeLP Comments on Coverage of Contraceptive Services Under the Affordable Care Act
Liz McCaman Taylor Comments
Section 2713(a)(4) of the Public Health Service Act, and its implementing regulations, make access to contraception possible by ensuring that health plans in the individual and small group markets adequately cover contraception without cost-sharing—cost-sharing that would otherwise reduce use of this necessary service. In our comments, NHeLP strongly supports…
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March 16, 2023
Protect Medicaid Funding series (2023)
Michelle Yiu, Emma Parker-Newton, David Machledt, Amy Chen, Madeline Morcelle, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, Catherine McKee, Mara Youdelman, Wayne Turner, Dania Douglas, and Charly Gilfoil Fact Sheet
A 2024 update of this series can be found here. In an updated series of fact sheets called Protect Medicaid Funding, NHeLP provides succinct analysis of the policy proposals that if enacted would jeopardize the health and financial security of the tens of millions of low-income individuals who depend…
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January 30, 2023
NHeLP Comments on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act;
Wayne Turner Comments
In these comments on the NBPP 2024 Proposed Rule, NHeLP addresses a number of issues to protect health care consumers and expand access to health care coverage in the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). These include standards for brokers, outreach activities by…
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Response to RFI on Coverage of OTC Preventative Services (specifically contraception)

What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid? — Affordability

What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid?

NHeLP Comments on Coverage of Contraceptive Services Under the Affordable Care Act

Protect Medicaid Funding series (2023)

NHeLP Comments on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act;