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  • August 16, 2019

    La Clinica De La Raza et al v. Trump, Northern District of California

    Litigation Team

    Nonprofits serving immigrant communities filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s “public charge” regulation. Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, individuals seeking admission to the U.S. or seeking to adjust their status to lawful permanent residence may be denied if they are "likely at any time to become a…

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  • May 20, 2019

    Philbrick v. Becerra, D.D.C., D.C. Circuit, and Supreme Court

    Litigation Team

    Four low-income individuals from New Hampshire enrolled in Medicaid filed a class action lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging its approval of New Hampshire’s Medicaid waiver project, which includes an illegal work requirement and cuts to services, such as retroactive coverage. Partners: New Hampshire Legal Assistance, National Center for…

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  • February 1, 2019

    Q&A: Department of Justice Policies on Consent Decrees and Injunctions

    National Health Law Program Legal Director Jane Perkins explains a late fall DOJ memorandum on nationwide consent decrees and injunctions. Perkins also provides recommendations for advocates involved with federal and state or local government entities on myriad cases involving them regarding public institutions, housing, foster care systems and Medicaid…

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  • January 22, 2019

    Amicus: Planned Parenthood of South Atlantic v. Baker

    The National Health Law Program filed an amicus brief in support of Planned Parenthood urging the Court to reject Texas’ effort to exclude Planned Parenthood from the State’s Medicaid program. NHeLP filed an amicus brief explaining the history of individual’s right to enforce the Medicaid Act. Partners: IPAS, Sexuality…

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  • November 6, 2018

    Gresham v. Azar: Plaintiffs’ Summary Judgment Motion

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    If the Trump administration's Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the state of Arkansas want to to "radically restructure" Medicaid, "then they must secure the consent of Congress. It is not for them to achieve that end by administrative fiat," state the plaintiffs in…

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  • November 5, 2018

    Gresham v. Becerra, D.D.C., D.C. Circuit and, Supreme Court

    Litigation Team and

    Arkansas residents enrolled in Medicaid filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging its approval of a Section 1115 waiver which would allow Arkansas to impose onerous conditions on eligibility, including work requirements, and eliminate retroactive coverage. These changes will terminate Medicaid coverage of tens of thousands of low-income…

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