Health Advocate Blog

Analysis and Commentary

March 1, 2022
California’s New Medi-Cal Reform Initiative presents an Opportunity for more Transparency and Accountability to Ensure Access to Mental Health Services
Abigail Coursolle and Kimberly Lewis
In December 2021, CMS approved California’s request for two waivers to implement its ambitious California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal…
February 23, 2022
Honoring Reproductive Justice Founders during Black History Month
Fabiola Carrión
During this Black History Month and year-round, the National Health Law Program commits to following the principles of reproductive…
February 8, 2022
States must ensure that Medicaid beneficiaries have access to OTC products, including at-home Covid tests
Liz McCaman Taylor and Abigail Coursolle
Over the last few days, millions of people have begun to receive four at-home Covid tests in the mail,…
February 3, 2022
California Will Expand Coverage of Medicaid Community-Based Mobile Crisis Intervention Services
T. Nancy Lam
On January 10, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom released his 2022-2023 Budget Proposal that includes a total spending of…
February 3, 2022
Medicaid Mobile Crisis Services: A Compassionate Approach to Substance Use Disorders
Héctor Hernández-Delgado
As the U.S. continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, it is easy to forget that we are in…
January 31, 2022
Gender-Affirming Care for Youth is Still Good Health Care
Abigail Coursolle, Skyler Rosellini, and Cathren Cohen
Last year we wrote that “Laws should not serve as a weapon to criminalize and discriminate against our transgender…
January 6, 2022
A Year Later – Personal Thoughts on January 6th
Elizabeth G. Taylor
January 6, 2021 is one of those days that evokes vivid memories for most of us. We remember where…
December 20, 2021
California‘s Delivery of Prescription Drugs to Medi-Cal Recipients Undergoes Major Change on January 1st
Abigail Coursolle
California Governor Gavin Newsom’s first act after being sworn in as Governor in 2019 was to take aim at…
December 15, 2021
Greed v. Alec’s Law: Oral Argument at the Eighth Circuit
Jesus Morales Sanchez
This blog was originally published by T1International and was authored by Jesus Morales Sanchez, advocacy manager.T1International is proud to…