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  • October 11, 2023

    Voe v. Mansfield, Middle District of North Carolina

    Litigation Team

     The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) and Lambda Legal sued the State of North Carolina to block implementation of a discriminatory law banning the provision of medically necessary care for transgender North Carolina youth. The legal advocates simultaneously filed a motion for preliminary injunction seeking to block enforcement of the…

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  • March 7, 2023

    Maldanado (formerly N.B.) v. District of Columbia, D.C. District Court, D.C. Circuit

    Litigation Team

    Plaintiffs filed this class action case on behalf of Medicaid beneficiaries in the District of Columbia whose requests for outpatient prescription drugs are denied by pharmacy providers without written notice or opportunity to be heard. Plaintiffs claim that the failure to provide individualized written notice violates the Due Process…

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  • February 16, 2023

    AMICUS:United Stated v. Walgreens Co., United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

    Litigation Team

    The U.S. and Virginia filed suit against Walgreens for the submission of false claims seeking reimbursement for Hepatitis C medications provided to Medicaid beneficiaries who did not meet Virginia's criteria for coverage. The district court dismissed the case, and the U.S. and Virginia appealed. The National Health Law Program…

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  • February 16, 2023

    Dekker v. Weida, Northern District of Florida

    Litigation Team

    Four transgender Medicaid beneficiaries filed a lawsuit challenging a Florida regulation that prohibits coverage of medically necessary gender-affirming care. 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; 3) Section 1557 of the…

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  • March 29, 2022

    McCutchen v. Becerra, D.D.C.

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    Thirteen Medicaid enrollees, a pediatrician, and the Tennessee Justice Center are challenging the approval of the TennCare III project as a violation of the APA. The approval caps the amount of federal funding available to the State, continues Tennessee's decades-long waiver of retroactive coverage, and permits the State to…

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  • December 7, 2021

    Model Contraceptive Equity Act: Legislative Language and Issue Brief

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    UPDATED - December 2021. Contraceptive Equity is a policy framework under which contraceptive care is easily accessible and covered at no cost in all health plans. This paper begins with the Model Contraceptive Equity Act legislative language that can serve as a template for state advocates. It concludes with…

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