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Washington, DC - As we approach the 58th anniversary of the Medicaid Act, the National Health Law Program continues to enforce, protect, and advocate for Medicaid in the face of a rapidly shifting and fraught landscape. For over half a century, our legal and policy experts have championed this…

The National Health Law Program’s senior attorney, M. Geron Gadd, released the following statement in commemoration of the 33rd anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act:Since 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act has been an indispensable tool in the fight to expand and enforce civil rights…

The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) joins others in mourning the loss of Judith (“Judy”) Heumann, fierce disability rights leader, educator and advocate. Heumann passed away on March 4, 2023 in Washington, D.C.Judy Heumann was born in Philadelphia in 1947, and raised in Brooklyn, New York. A wheelchair user…

Washington, DC - During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented flexibilities to help people across the country get on, and stay on, Medicaid. As these adjustments were primarily intended to address the effects of a rapidly evolving pandemic, many flexibilities…

Once again, in yet another U.S. city, a Black man did not survive a traffic stop. His name was Tyre Nichols.On January 7, 2023, Memphis, Tennessee police pulled over the 29-year-old father and avid skateboarder. Police officers subsequently tased, beat, and pepper-sprayed Mr. Nichols approximately 250 feet from his…

On January 22, 2023, more than 6 million Asian Americans across California woke up to the news of the Monterey Park mass shooting. The shooter killed ten people and injured ten others during a lunar new year event in a neighborhood that is predominantly Asian and has a rich…