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  • December 30, 2016

    Lessons from California: Fighting For Medicaid In 2017

    California's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, has significantly bettered the health care of tens of millions of Californians, and any cuts to the program would be devastating, writes NHeLP Staff Attorney Cori Racela in this month's "Lessons from California." The harm to Medi-Cal and statewide health care coverage could occur, Racela notes,…

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  • December 15, 2016

    Fact Sheet: Per Capita Caps vs. Block Grants in Medicaid

    Leo Cuello and

    What is the difference between per capita caps and block grants in Medicaid? Both are tools long championed by conservatives as ways to supposedly improve the Medicaid guarantee. In this new one-page fact sheet, NHeLP explains that the differences are minor, but both would produce similar results -- either tool…

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  • December 13, 2016

    Fact Sheet: What is a Per Capita Cap?

    Leo Cuello and

    The incoming administration and the forthcoming conservative majorities in Congress are advocating changes to Medicaid intended to greatly limit the intent of Medicaid and its scope. One tool being proposed by the politically conservative majorities is something called a "per capita cap." NHeLP, which fights to preserve and bolster…

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  • October 31, 2016

    Comments on OMB Plan to Revise Standards on Reporting of Race and Ethnicity Data

    NHeLP provided comments on the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) plan to revise its Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity. NHeLP urged OMB to ensure detailed and accurate reporting of racial and ethnicity data. NHeLP stated, "Maintaining or improving upon…

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  • October 24, 2016

    Health Advocates Urge CHIP Extension

    External Source and

    NHeLP joins other national health care and children's advocacy groups urging Congress to extend the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). CHIP was first enacted in 1997 to provide funding to states to reduce the numbers of  uninsured  children, focusing on low income children in working families who don't have…

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  • October 18, 2016

    J.E.M. et al. v. Kinkade, Western District of Missouri

    Litigation Team and

    Missouri Medicaid beneficiaries with hepatitis C brought a lawsuit to challenge Missouri’s policy denying them access to direct-acting antiretroviral (DAA) medications, which clinical studies have shown cures the disease in more than 90% to 95% of cases. Without treatment, the hepatitis C virus can result in significant liver deterioration…

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