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March 14, 2019
HHS to Defend Onerous Work Requirement Projects in Arkansas and Kentucky on March 14 in Federal Court
HHS Secretary Tells House Committee He Does Not Know Why People Are Losing Medicaid in ArkansasWashington D.C - The Trump administration's HHS secretary and Kentucky Medicaid officials do not know why Arkansans are losing Medicaid under the Arkansas work requirement. But attorneys for HHS, Arkansas and Kentucky Medicaid officials will…
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December 15, 2018
National Health Law Program Says Texas Judge’s Decision on Affordable Care Act is ‘Fatally Flawed’
Washington, D.C. – Siding with Republican governors and state attorneys general, a federal judge issued a flawed decision claiming to invalidate the landmark health care reform law, the Affordable Care Act.National Health Law Program Executive Director Elizabeth G. Taylor said it was crucial for people to remain confident and…
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November 30, 2018
Senators Introduce Bill to Eliminate Racial, Ethnic Health Care Disparities
Communities of Color and Other Underserved Communities Have Long Experienced Negative Health Outcomes Compared to WhitesRELEASE: Nov. 29, 2018 CONTACT: Jeremy Leaming, [email protected] – Against a backdrop of increasing overt racial discrimination in the United States, Sen. Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) introduced the Health Equity and Accountability Act (HEAA)…
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November 28, 2018
Calif. DOJ’s Conditional Approval of the Merger of Religiously Affiliated Health Care Providers: Statement from National Health Law Program
In a far-reaching action with national implications, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, after a public comment period, issued a conditional approval of a merger of two large Catholic health care systems -- Dignity Health and Catholic Initiatives. The new merged entity, called “CommonSpirit Health,” will be the nation’s largest…
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November 20, 2018
Trump Administration Again Approves Legally Suspect Kentucky Medicaid Waiver
Ignoring Voluminous Comments Detailing a Fatally Flawed Approach to Medicaid in the Bluegrass StateWashington – The Trump administration’s U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has again approved the Kentucky HEALTH waiver project despite evidence that it will lead to hundreds of thousands of hard-working Kentuckians losing access to…
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November 9, 2018
Trump’s New ACA Rule Threatens Access to Contraception: HHS Allows Employers’ Moral Beliefs to Undermine Quality Care for Women
Washington, D.C. – In another attack on access to quality health care for women, the Trump administration finalized two new regulations rolling back the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that most health plans provide preventive care for women, including access to all FDA-approved contraceptives.The new rule guts the ACA’s requirement…
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HHS to Defend Onerous Work Requirement Projects in Arkansas and Kentucky on March 14 in Federal Court

National Health Law Program Says Texas Judge’s Decision on Affordable Care Act is ‘Fatally Flawed’

Senators Introduce Bill to Eliminate Racial, Ethnic Health Care Disparities

Calif. DOJ’s Conditional Approval of the Merger of Religiously Affiliated Health Care Providers: Statement from National Health Law Program

Trump Administration Again Approves Legally Suspect Kentucky Medicaid Waiver

Trump’s New ACA Rule Threatens Access to Contraception: HHS Allows Employers’ Moral Beliefs to Undermine Quality Care for Women