- June 5, 2025
Maryland Enacts Groundbreaking Abortion Access Law, A Model For Other Reproductive Freedom States
In May, Maryland’s Governor Wes Moore signed HB 930 into law, a landmark step in advancing equitable access to…
- June 4, 2025
Griswold at 60: The Right to Contraception Under Threat
Saturday, June 7, marks the 60th anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut, the landmark Supreme Court decision that granted married…
- May 21, 2025
How Proposed Cuts to Medicaid Are Likely to Reverse Positive Trend in Overdose Deaths
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that the number of overdose deaths across the…
- May 20, 2025
Cuts to Gender-Affirming Care for Low-Income Youth Come with Real Costs
Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee recently released their reconciliation bill, proposing to cut $715 billion from…
- May 20, 2025
Don’t Believe Them! The Proposed Reconciliation Bill Directly Harms Older Adults & People with Disabilities on Medicare
This blog was written by NHeLP's Senior Attorney Katy DeBriere, and Justice in Aging's Senior Attorney Rachel Gershon, JD…
- May 19, 2025
More Medicaid Cuts, More Delays: The Cost of Prior Authorization
Prior authorization is one of the biggest administrative burdens in the U.S. health care system. Marketed as a tool…
- May 15, 2025
Big Government Republican Bill Keeps States from Reining in Bad AI: A 10-year License for Unfettered Harm
In an era of artificial intelligence (AI) and other forms of automated decision-making systems making decisions about people’s lives,…
- May 15, 2025
How Increased Data Matching Burdens States and Enrollees for Little Benefit in Finding Fraud
Current Data Matching RequirementsThe House Energy & Commerce Committee reconciliation bill proposes a tired, ineffective idea that would increase…
- May 15, 2025
Medicaid Enrollees Aren’t Waste: Halting the Eligibility and Enrollment Rule Will Steal Health Care from Eligible People
The House Republican reconciliation bill proposal would slash at least $715 billion from Medicaid over the next decade. One…
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