- March 20, 2019
New Tools Support States Putting Contraceptive Equity into Action
Elizabeth McCaman“Contraceptive Equity” is a policy framework under which contraceptive care is easily accessible and covered at no cost in…
- March 12, 2019
A Much-Needed Boost for HIV Prevention Efforts
Wayne Turner and Elizabeth McCamanThe AIDS Memorial on Instagram features remembrances and obituaries of people who died from the pandemic, which has now…
- February 22, 2019
Calif. Health Care System Merger Finalized, Questions Remain Around Access to Abortion and Transgender Care at Religious Hospitals
Hayley PenanThe newly merged entity of religious hospitals in California, called CommonSpirit Health, is now the nation’s largest nonprofit hospital…
- February 12, 2019
Government Accountability Office Report Reveals States Violating Medicaid Coverage Rules on Abortion
Fabiola CarriónResponding to a 2016 request from Congressmembers Diana DeGette and Jan Schakowsky, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a…
- February 8, 2019
High Court Temporarily Halts Louisiana’s Unconstitutional Anti-Abortion Law, But Victory is Hardly Secured
Susan Berke FogelAccess to abortion care in Louisiana for low-income women was spared another dire setback by the U.S. Supreme Court.…
- January 31, 2019
California’s New Governor Takes Bold Steps to Improve Health Care in First Month in Office
Kimberly Lewis and Abigail CoursolleGavin Newsom took some bold first steps toward making health care more accessible and affordable in California when he…
- January 30, 2019
New Omnibus Opioid Law Contains Medicaid Fix for Justice-Involved Children and Youth
Jennifer LavThe recently enacted 250-page opioid epidemic bill -- the Support for Patients and Communities Act -- contains an important…
- January 22, 2019
Reflections on ‘Roe’ (from our Reproductive Health and Justice team)
Fabiola Carrión, Amy Chen, Candace Gibson, Priscilla Huang, Elizabeth McCaman, Hayley Penan, and Susan Berke FogelFabiola Carrión, a senior attorney in National Health Law Program’s LA office and a longtime reproductive health justice advocate.We…
- January 17, 2019
Trump’s Latest Proposed ‘Health Reform’ Rules on ‘Program Integration’ Threaten Health Care Coverage for More Than a Million Californians
Fabiola CarriónCalifornia has long recognized that reproductive health care is a critical part of a person’s wellbeing. In fact, California’s…
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