Author archive for Jeremy Leaming

Lengthy Proposed Rule Places Religious Beliefs Above All Other Rights, Endangers Health Care for Women and LGBTQ PeopleWashington - The Trump administration upped its aggressive effort to rollback health care protections for women and LGBTQ people with a new outlandish and legally suspect HHS proposed rule that encourages health…

New Initiative Launched in the Office for Civil Rights Is Part of Trump Administration's Ongoing Efforts to Destroy Health CareWashington - Ignoring the bedrock principle that one person's "religious liberty" cannot be used to inflict harm on another person, the Trump administration announced today that it would create a new…

Tax Benefits for Corporations and Super Wealthy, and Pain for Everyone ElseWashington – Senate Republicans have shoved through the Senate a widely unpopular tax plan that is a give-way to corporations and the very wealthy.National Health Law Program Executive Director Elizabeth G. Taylor criticized Senate Republicans for ramming through…

St. Louis - Thousands of Missouri Medicaid recipients who suffer from hepatitis C will now be able to get life-saving medicine that will cure their disease after litigation against the Missouri Department of Social Services.Three individuals on Medicaid, represented by three public interest law offices, filed a lawsuit a year ago…

Calif. AG and Other State AGs Continue Vital Legal Action to Force Trump to Uphold Health Care Law Washington - A California federal judge's decision not to force the Trump administration to make cost-sharing reduction payments as required by the Affordable Care Act, does not end this vital litigation,…