Health Advocate Blog

Analysis and Commentary

January 11, 2021
Im/migrant Detention is Reproductive Injustice
Madeline Morcelle
For the past four years, the Trump administration’s U.S. Department of Homeland Security has committed a litany of human…
December 22, 2020
Medi-Cal Will Help Low-Income Californians Weather the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Economic Fall Out
Alicia Emanuel
Now is a particularly perilous time in the COVID-19 pandemic. Winter is here and we will all be forced…
November 17, 2020
Mental Health Parity: Substance Use Disorder Parity Lags & Requires Meaningful Disclosure
Elizabeth Edwards and Abigail Coursolle
Eliminating discriminatory treatment limitations is at the heart of federal parity law, but access to substance use disorder (SUD)…
November 17, 2020
Mental Health Parity: Behavioral Health Services for Youth Lags Despite Parity Requirements
Elizabeth Edwards and Abigail Coursolle
Access to behavioral health services (which includes mental health treatment and substance use disorder services) is particularly important for…
November 17, 2020
Mental Health Parity: Disclosure of information is necessary says NHeLP in friend of the court brief
Elizabeth Edwards and Abigail Coursolle
The fight for access to mental health and substance use disorder services (MH/SUDs) continues to run into barriers. The…
November 12, 2020
NHeLP Joins Forces with Insulin Affordability Advocates to Protect Minnesota Safety-Net Programs
Catherine McKee, Wayne Turner, and Hannah Eichner
Last week, the National Health Law Program, together with T1International, Minnesota #insulin4all, Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid, and four Minnesota residents…
October 30, 2020
To Reduce Substance Abuse and Overdoses, California Should Embrace Supervised Consumption Services
Cathren Cohen
Despite California’s progress in preventing opioid overdose deaths, over 2,400 Californians still die each year due to opioid overdoses,…
October 5, 2020
Health Equity Blog Series Summary
Zamir M. Brown
Respectfully, how can we, as a nation, comfortably call ourselves the United States of America when our history and current practices…
October 5, 2020
California Should Continue to Prioritize Funding for Community-Based Behavioral Health Services, Not Expanding Incarceration
Héctor Hernández-Delgado and Abigail Coursolle
Co-authored by: Carolina Valle, California Pan-Ethnic Health Network, Daisy Chavez, Transforming Justice Orange County, National Health Law ProgramIn the…