The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) protects and improves access to health care for low-income and underserved people and works to advance health equity. We believe that everyone should have access to high quality, equitable health care and the opportunity to live a healthy and dignified life.
Founded in 1969, NHeLP is a national nonprofit organization working at the intersection of health care, civil rights, and public policy. Through litigation, policy advocacy, education, partnerships, and strategic communications, we work to protect health care rights, strengthen public programs, and expand access to care for people and communities that have historically faced barriers to the health care system.
Our attorneys, policy experts, and advocates work at the federal, state, and local levels to enforce health care and civil rights laws, advance equitable policies, and hold health care systems accountable to the people they serve. We support advocates, community organizations, and policymakers across the country with the legal expertise, policy analysis, and practical resources needed to improve access to care.
For more than five decades, NHeLP has been a leading voice on Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), reproductive and sexual health, disability rights, language access, immigrant health care access, long-term services and supports, behavioral health, and other critical health care issues. We work to ensure that people can access the care they need, free from discrimination and unnecessary barriers.
Our impact is strengthened through collaboration. We partner with national, state, and local advocates, health care providers, legal services organizations, community-based organizations, and pro bono partners to protect health care rights today while building a more equitable health care system for the future.
Meet the Staff
Our advocates in Washington, D.C., Chapel Hill, and Los Angeles.
Meet the Board
Nationally recognized attorneys, trailblazing legal service lawyers, leading civil rights advocates provide invaluable support to the National Health Law Program’s mission to ensuring quality, comprehensive health for all people, not just the privileged.
Work Here
Join the fight to represent those who cannot afford high-priced lawyers and lobbyists to protect their health and civil rights. There is nothing more rewarding than collective action to right the wrongs of the past and create a better tomorrow.
