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December 3, 2025
Checking All the Boxes: A Survey of Medical Frailty Definitions in Alternative Benefit Plans and Section 1115 Work Requirements Demonstrations
Shandra Hartly Issue Brief
Individuals who are considered medically frail have traditionally been subject to different eligibility and coverage rules in the Medicaid program. Most recently, H.R. 1 exempted medically frail individuals from new work requirement imposed on Medicaid expansion populations. This survey provides information on the use of medical frailty in the…
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September 30, 2025
Governor Newsom Signs the Equity in Birth Control Act Into Law, Expanding Access to Over-the-Counter Contraception for Millions of Californians
Sacramento, CA – On Friday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 50, the Equity in Birth Control Act, into law. Authored by Assemblymember Mia Bonta, AB 50 will streamline access to free over-the-counter contraception for millions of Californians, particularly those enrolled in Medi-Cal. AB 50 makes clear that a pharmacist…
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July 3, 2025
NHeLP Statement on the California 2025-26 Final Budget
On June 30, Governor Newsom finalized California’s budget based on negotiations with the Legislature. While the final budget substantially improves upon the Governor’s initial May Revise budget proposal it still makes harmful cuts to the state’s Medi-Cal program. The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) is disappointed that many of…
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July 23, 2024
NHeLP’s California Budget Statement 2024–25
On June 29, 2024, Governor Newsom signed and delivered California’s 2024 fiscal budget. In a press release by the Governor and legislative leaders, the state announced its plan to balance the budget while addressing a $46.8 billion deficit inherited from previous years. The state’s aim was to bring “stability…
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May 22, 2023
Trial Challenging Florida’s Ban on Medicaid Coverage for Gender-Affirming Medical Care for Transgender Floridians Comes to a Close
LGBTQ+ & Healthcare Legal Groups Advocate: “All Floridians, Including Transgender Floridians, Deserve Equal Access to Health care”(TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA —May 22) Today, the trial concluded in a lawsuit challenging Florida’s prohibition on Medicaid coverage for treatment of gender dysphoria for transgender Floridians, as set forth in recently enacted SB 254…
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March 10, 2023
DC Medicaid Beneficiaries Win Reversal in Federal Appeals Court Which Allows Them to Press their Claims That the District of Columbia Fails to Provide Due Process When Prescription Drugs Are Denied Coverage at the Pharmacy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 10, 2023Maldonado v. District of Columbia is a class action filed in 2010 by Terris, Pravlik & Millian, LLP (TPM) and the National Health Law Program on behalf of District of Columbia Medicaid beneficiaries and applicants which seeks to establish their constitutional right to receive procedural…
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Checking All the Boxes: A Survey of Medical Frailty Definitions in Alternative Benefit Plans and Section 1115 Work Requirements Demonstrations

Governor Newsom Signs the Equity in Birth Control Act Into Law, Expanding Access to Over-the-Counter Contraception for Millions of Californians

NHeLP Statement on the California 2025-26 Final Budget

NHeLP’s California Budget Statement 2024–25

Trial Challenging Florida’s Ban on Medicaid Coverage for Gender-Affirming Medical Care for Transgender Floridians Comes to a Close

DC Medicaid Beneficiaries Win Reversal in Federal Appeals Court Which Allows Them to Press their Claims That the District of Columbia Fails to Provide Due Process When Prescription Drugs Are Denied Coverage at the Pharmacy