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August 7, 2025
Language Access is Mission Critical… and Still the Law
Mara Youdelman and Dylan de Kervor 1557
The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently issued a memorandum implementing Executive Order (EO) 14224, which purported to set English as the official language of the United States. The DOJ memorandum provides guidance to federal agencies regarding language access for individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP) seeking to access federal…
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June 21, 2024
Reflections on the 25th Anniversary of the Olmstead Decision
Jennifer Lav 1557, Disability
This year marks twenty-five years since the pivotal Supreme Court decision in Olmstead v. Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson. On June 22, 1999, the Supreme Court held that segregation of individuals with disabilities is a form of discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act, and clearly established the right…
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June 3, 2024
Section 1557 Final Rule Explicitly Addresses Intersectional Discrimination for the First Time
Michelle Yiu and Rolonda Donelson 1557, Disability, Uncategorized
What is Intersectionality?Intersectionality, a theory created by scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw, describes how an individual's multitude of identities intersect to create unique ways they experience oppression or discrimination. Crenshaw’s original framing of intersectionality centered the experiences of Black women, who were often erased by feminist theory and antiracist policy because…
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May 2, 2024
HHS Addresses Post-Dobbs Barriers to Care for Chronic Health Conditions Through Section 1557 of the ACA
Madeline Morcelle 1557, Disability, Uncategorized
On May 2, 1927, the Supreme Court decided that the state-sanctioned forced sterilization of people with disabilities in public institutions is constitutional. Ninety-seven years later, the horrific precedent set in Buck v. Bell remains the law of the land. Due to ableism, sexism, racism, and other mutually reinforcing systems…
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May 1, 2024
1557 Final Rule Protects Against Bias in Health Care Algorithms
Cassandra LaRose and Elizabeth Edwards 1557, Automated Decision-Making, Eligibility & Enrollment, Uncategorized
The 2024 Final Rule implementing § 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act includes an important protection against the use of some algorithms in health care, or as the rule terms it “discriminatory patient care decision support tools.” HHS defined this term to be broad and inclusive,…
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May 23, 2023
Where Are We With LGBTQI+ Inclusive Health Data? One Year After President Biden’s LGBTQI+ Equity EO
Naomi G. Goldberg 1557, Health Equity
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Language Access is Mission Critical… and Still the Law

Reflections on the 25th Anniversary of the Olmstead Decision

Section 1557 Final Rule Explicitly Addresses Intersectional Discrimination for the First Time

HHS Addresses Post-Dobbs Barriers to Care for Chronic Health Conditions Through Section 1557 of the ACA

1557 Final Rule Protects Against Bias in Health Care Algorithms

Where Are We With LGBTQI+ Inclusive Health Data? One Year After President Biden’s LGBTQI+ Equity EO