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… results in Non-Discrimination and Civil Rights.
  • August 19, 2020

    Doe v. Snyder, Ninth Circuit

    Litigation Team

    Two transgender young people enrolled in Medicaid filed a class action lawsuit challenging an Arizona regulation that prohibits coverage of medically necessary gender-confirming surgery. The plaintiffs allege that the discriminatory coverage exclusion violates: (1) the EPSDT requirements in the Medicaid Act; (2) the comparability requirement in the Medicaid Act;…

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  • August 18, 2020

    Amicus: State of Washington v. U.S. Dep’t Health & Human Servs., Western District of Washington

    Litigation Team

    The National Health Law Program filed this brief, signed by 11 other organizations in support of the State of Washington’s efforts to enjoin the Administration’s changes to the rules for the ACA’s non-discrimination provision, Section 1557. The 2020 Revised Rule regarding section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable…

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  • July 13, 2020

    Amicus: June Medical Services v. Gee, U.S. Supreme Court

    , , and Abbi Coursolle

    The National Health Law Program and The National Network of Abortion Funds filed an amicus brief opposing Louisiana’s unconstitutional admitting-privileges requirement. Louisiana has constructed an imposing, and in some cases impossibly high, impediment to those seeking abortion care in the state. If it had been allowed to go into…

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  • June 11, 2020

    K.B. v. Michigan D.H.H.S., Eastern District of Michigan

    A class of Medicaid-eligible children with intensive mental health care needs who are at risk of avoidable psychiatric hospitalizations or commitment to the juvenile delinquency system sued the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services for failing to provide needed mental health services in the community as required by…

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  • May 26, 2020

    A.M.C. v. Smith, Middle District of Tennessee

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    Thirty-five children and adults from across Tennessee brought a class action challenging the State for wrongfully terminating people’s health insurance under Tennessee’s Medicaid program, known as TennCare. The Plaintiffs allege that TennCare’s system for reevaluating eligibility is defective and fails to provide the notice and opportunity for hearing required…

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  • May 21, 2020

    A.A. v. Gee, Middle District of Louisiana

    Litigation Team

    Medicaid eligible children who require intensive home and community-based mental health services challenged Louisiana’s failure to arrange for or provide those medically necessary services. The failure to provide these services has forced thousands of Louisiana children to unnecessarily cycle in and out of hospitals and psychiatric facilities far away…

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