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Analysis and Commentary

April 3, 2024
HHS Just Took a Big Step Towards Improving Access to Services and Achieving Health Equity
Héctor Hernández-Delgado and Wayne Turner
HHS finalized the Notice of Benefit & Payment Parameters for plan year 2025, adopting several long sought after changes…
March 14, 2024
Here we go again: Dissecting President Biden’s FY 2025 Budget Proposal
Mara Youdelman
On March 11, 2024 President Biden released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2025. While the proposal is not…
March 11, 2024
Why the South Matters in Health Care and Reproductive Freedom Advocacy (And What We Are Doing About it)
Kally Xu
Introduction It is no secret that the U.S.South - home to a significant portion of Black, Indigenous, and other people…
March 8, 2024
(Counting)Back from the Future: HHS Diligently Works to Finalize Regulations Before an Unknown Cut-Off Date
Dania Douglas
Over the past four years, the Biden-Harris Administration has pursued an ambitious health-policy agenda. Yet, heading into the 2024…
February 21, 2024
Doula Medicaid Project: February 2024 State Roundup
Amy Chen
NHeLP’s Doula Medicaid Project has been tracking Medicaid coverage for doula care legislation since 2018. Each year since then…
January 12, 2024
HHS Office for Civil Rights Finalizes 2024 Health Care Refusal Regulations
Madeline Morcelle and Charly Gilfoil
This week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a final rule,…
December 26, 2023
Courage for the New Year: Reflection from Elizabeth G. Taylor
Elizabeth G. Taylor
I’m thinking this year about courage. We are going to need it in the year ahead. Courage to speak…
December 14, 2023
Problems with Florida’s Medicaid “Unwind” – The Lived Experience of Floridians Losing Medicaid
Miriam Harmatz
After the pandemic-related moratorium on Medicaid terminations ended on March 31 2023, states returned the pre-pandemic operations, including terminations…
December 14, 2023
Insurance Coverage for OTC Contraception
Christina Piecora and Michelle Yiu
On October 4, 2023, the Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services issued a Request for Information…