- March 16, 2018
As We Celebrate International Women’s Month, California Remains a National Leader on Women’s Health Care
Fabiola De LibanMarch marks International Women’s Month, and we celebrate this by recounting how California has, through implementation of the Affordable…
- March 14, 2018
Medicaid: The New Public Option?
Jennifer LavA year ago, Medicaid expansion was under intense assault, and the threat of repeal was all too real. In…
- February 14, 2018
Health Care’s Seven Dirty Words
Elizabeth G. TaylorOn December 16, 2017, participants in a meeting at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported that an administration…
- February 6, 2018
Calif. Makes Progress to Address Opioid Misuse While Protecting Access to Necessary Care in Medi-Cal
Héctor Hernández-DelgadoFacing an opioid overdose epidemic showing no signs of slowing, states have resorted to a variety of measures to…
- January 23, 2018
After Inexcusable Dithering, Congress Restores CHIP Funding
Kimberly LewisMillions of families that rely on the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for their child's coverage are breathing a…
- January 22, 2018
Trump and Hostile State Governments Advance Outlandish Attacks on Roe
Fabiola De LibanAs several state and federal bills that seek to gut or reverse Roe v. Wade could make their way…
- January 17, 2018
Labor Department’s Proposed Rule on Association Health Plans is Bad for Consumers
Abigail CoursolleIn an Oct. 12 Executive Order, the Trump White House ordered its Secretary of Labor to consider allowing more…
- January 16, 2018
The Fox Should Not Guard the Hen House
Wayne Turner, Candace Gibson, and Rachel HoltzmanThe National Health Law Program (NHeLP) and 60 other health care, civil rights and human rights organizations have urged…
- January 16, 2018
Partial Medicaid Expansion: Getting Less for More
David MachledtWhy do something simply when you can spend more to get less? That appears to be exactly what Wisconsin…
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