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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 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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November 6, 2018
Gresham v. Azar: Plaintiffs’ Summary Judgment Motion
Catherine McKee, Jane Perkins, and Elizabeth Edwards Cases
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 Cases
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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August 3, 2018
Fact Sheet: Legal Issues in Section 1115 Medicaid Waivers
Jane Perkins Fact Sheet
Section 1115 waivers have been used over the history of the Medicaid program to implement demonstration projects designed to improve the delivery of medical assistance to low-income people. Over the last year, the Trump administration and a handful of states have begun to use Section 1115 in an effort…
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The Personal Stories of Those Affected by Arkansas’ Sec. 1115 Waiver

Amended Complaint in Stewart v. Azar

Are Rights A Reality? Evaluating Federal Civil Rights Enforcement

Gresham v. Azar: Plaintiffs’ Summary Judgment Motion

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

Fact Sheet: Legal Issues in Section 1115 Medicaid Waivers