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February 6, 2019
State and Federal Legislative Proposals Relating to Doula Care
Amy Chen and Dhara Patel Fact Sheet
Dhara Patel, an intern at the National Health Law Program, and Amy Chen, a senior attorney, provide a summary of major state and federal legislation introduced or enacted within the past 10 years that included funding for doula services, which is patient-centered care that is vital to combatting the…
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February 1, 2019
The Personal Stories of Those Affected by Arkansas’ Sec. 1115 Waiver
Elizabeth Edwards and Mara Youdelman Issue Brief, Case Explainer
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January 22, 2019
Amicus: Planned Parenthood of South Atlantic v. Baker
Sarah Somers Cases
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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January 15, 2019
Amended Complaint in Stewart v. Azar
Jane Perkins and Catherine McKee Cases
The National Health Law Program, Kentucky Equal Justice Center and the Southern Poverty Law Center filed an amended complaint in Stewart v. Azar regarding HHS's re-approval of a demonstration Medicaid waiver for Kentucky, which includes an onerous work mandate, higher premiums and other illegal obstacles to Medicaid. Click here…
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December 18, 2018
Are Rights A Reality? Evaluating Federal Civil Rights Enforcement
Candace Gibson and Rachel Holtzman Comments
The National Health Law Program has urged the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to investigate the "ways in which the Trump administration has actively worked to dismantle important federal civil rights laws that exist to protect the health rights of low-income people, people of color, LGBTQ people, immigrants, and…
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December 14, 2018
Routes to Success for Medicaid Coverage of Doula Care
Amy Chen Manual/Report
Racism and racial bias in health care have helped contribute to what is now coming to be understood as a national crisis of maternal deaths for women of color, in particular Black and Indigenous/U.S. Indian women. The statistics are shocking: Black women are three to four times as likely…
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State and Federal Legislative Proposals Relating to Doula Care

The Personal Stories of Those Affected by Arkansas’ Sec. 1115 Waiver

Amicus: Planned Parenthood of South Atlantic v. Baker

Amended Complaint in Stewart v. Azar

Are Rights A Reality? Evaluating Federal Civil Rights Enforcement

Routes to Success for Medicaid Coverage of Doula Care