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April 30, 2018
Flack v. Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Western District of Wisconsin
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Two transgender Wisconsin residents enrolled in Medicaid challenged the State’s discriminatory prohibition on covering medically necessary treatments for gender dysphoria, including what the State’s regulation termed “transsexual surgery.” Plaintiffs argued that the categorical denial of these services subjects transgender people in Wisconsin to second class status, prevents them from…
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April 30, 2018
Transgender Medicaid Beneficiaries File Lawsuit Against State of Wisconsin Health Officials for Discriminatory Health Care Ban
Lawsuit Lodged in Wisconsin Federal Court Says State Medicaid Policy is Harming the Health and Well-Being of Transgender ResidentsWashington –Two transgender Wisconsin residents today filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging a Wisconsin state regulation that prohibits low-income Medicaid beneficiaries from obtaining medically necessary treatments for gender dysphoria. The…
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April 11, 2018
Disability, Senior Rights Groups Urge Court to Reject KY Medicaid Waiver Project
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Justice In Aging, AARP Foundation, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund urge the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in Stewart v. Azar to reject HHS's approval of Kentucky's waiver project that includes an onerous work requirements program, premiums, lock-outs, and…
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April 10, 2018
NHeLP Comments to HHS on Mississippi Waiver
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In comments to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), the National Health Law Program urges the Secretary to reject Mississippi' Sec. 1115 Medicaid waiver project, so-called "Medicaid Workforce Training Initiative." The state's waiver scheme imposes onerous work requirements, which stands "Medicaid's purpose on its head by…
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April 10, 2018
Trump HHS Finalizes Rule Striking Another Severe Blow to the Affordable Care Act
Trump Rule Opens Door for Inadequate Coverage of Essential ServicesWashington – Trump’s Department of Health & Human Services finalized a new regulation that will further erode affordable coverage, and protections provided by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). HHS’s Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2019 final rule, issued…
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March 27, 2018
National Health Law Program Urges HHS to Withdraw Conscience Rights Rule
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In comments to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), the National Health Law Program urges it to withdraw the so-called "Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care," rule because it is constitutionally flawed, and will exacerbate discrimination in the health care system against women, people of…
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Flack v. Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Western District of Wisconsin

Transgender Medicaid Beneficiaries File Lawsuit Against State of Wisconsin Health Officials for Discriminatory Health Care Ban

Disability, Senior Rights Groups Urge Court to Reject KY Medicaid Waiver Project

NHeLP Comments to HHS on Mississippi Waiver

Trump HHS Finalizes Rule Striking Another Severe Blow to the Affordable Care Act

National Health Law Program Urges HHS to Withdraw Conscience Rights Rule