Health Advocate Blog

Analysis and Commentary

January 8, 2019
A 50th Birthday Prompts Reflection on the Battle To Bring Health Care Reform to the U.S. – Part 1
Elizabeth G. Taylor
Editor’s Note: This National Health Law Program blog series authored by Executive Director Elizabeth G. Taylor delves into the…
May 17, 2024
HHS Final Rule Expands Marketplace and Basic Health Program Coverage for DACA Recipients by Correcting Unjust Exclusion
Michelle Yiu
After twelve years of arbitrarily excluding recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) from affordable health coverage, HHS…
September 10, 2024
Authoritarian Project 2025 Agenda Endangers the Future of Medicaid and The Affordable Care Act
Madeline Morcelle
The upcoming November election will have a significant impact on health care nationwide. Policy proposals championed by candidates at…
July 28, 2021
State 2021-22 Budget Benefits Health of Low-Income Californians
T. Nancy Lam
On Thursday, July 15, 2021, the California Legislature passed its new budget that expands and improves health coverage for…
September 30, 2018
California, Also Leading the Resistance Against Trump’s Assault on Health Care
Alicia Emanuel
While the Trump administration continues its assault on the Affordable Care Act and health care benefits with its recently…
August 27, 2018
Judge Kavanaugh May Say ‘Roe’ is Settled Law, But He Has Always Been Anti-Choice.
Candace Gibson, Jennifer Lav, and dfitzgerald
Personal liberty, bodily autonomy, and self-determination are core values of the women’s rights movement, queer liberation, and the disability…
June 27, 2017
The Senate Bill to Repeal the Affordable Care Act Hurts Low-Income, Women of Color
Candace Gibson
The Senate finally decided to release its bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), which drastically harms women and…
September 22, 2017
Sens. Graham and Cassidy Lead Disingenuous, Ignoble Campaign to Destroy the ACA and Medicaid
Jeremy Leaming
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is irked because late-night host Jimmy Kimmel blasted his co-sponsor of an atrocious health care…
September 29, 2017
Hyde Amendment is Policy Rooted in Misogyny & Devoid of Health Care Benefits
Fabiola De Liban
Along with other health care and human rights advocates, the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) saved the Affordable Care…