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May 2, 2024
Why Medicaid Abortion Coverage is a Disability Equity Imperative
Rolonda Donelson 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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April 17, 2024
How the New Medicaid Eligibility and Enrollment Rule Will Help Low-Income People with Disabilities and Older Adults Get Enrolled and Stay Enrolled
Charly Gilfoil Disability, Eligibility & Enrollment, Uncategorized
CMS’s recently released final rule, Streamlining the Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program, and Basic Health Program Application, Eligibility Determination, Enrollment, and Renewal Processes could be a game-changer for promoting continued eligibility and enrollment in insurance affordability programs such as Medicaid and the Children’s Health Program (CHIP). Older adults, people…
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December 12, 2023
Reproductive Health Care Pain Points: Raising The Standard of Care for Managing Pain From IUD Insertion and Removal
Deanna Hartog and Madeline Morcelle Disability, Uncategorized
Deanna Hartog. NHeLP LegaI Intern, Summer 2023; J.D. Candidate, George Washington University Law SchoolSexism shapes the U.S. health care system in many ways, such as providers’ failure to seriously consider women and gender-expansive peoples’ pain. For example, research shows that they are much more likely to prescribe women in…
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December 1, 2023
Final Judgment by Federal Court Approves 2020 Settlement in Los Angeles Foster Youth Mental Health Case
National Health Law Program (NHeLP) california, Disability, Homepage
Los Angeles, CA - The United States District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division, has entered a judgment giving final approval to a 2020 settlement in the longstanding case Katie A. v. Los Angeles County. The class action lawsuit, filed in 2002, sought to improve the services available…
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May 16, 2023
NHeLP’s Automated Decision-Making Principles in Medicaid Continuous Coverage Unwinding
Cassandra LaRose Automated Decision-Making, Disability, Eligibility & Enrollment, Health Equity, Uncategorized
NHeLP’s Principles for Fairer, More Responsive Automated Decision-Making Systems outline how to realize the benefits of Automated Decision-Making Systems (ADS) while minimizing drawbacks. Many government agencies use ADS for Medicaid eligibility decisions. During the unwinding of the Medicaid continuous coverage period Medicaid eligibility ADS and related processes will be…
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April 26, 2023
Top 10 Reasons Why Work Requirements Are Bad for Medicaid
Mara Youdelman and David Machledt Disability, Protect Medicaid 2023
This blog was originally published as a fact sheet. A PDF version can be found here.House of Representatives Speaker McCarthy recently released his long-awaited bill to address the debt ceiling. As expected, he included a provision to impose work requirements on Medicaid enrollees. Work requirements act as a wolf…
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Why Medicaid Abortion Coverage is a Disability Equity Imperative

How the New Medicaid Eligibility and Enrollment Rule Will Help Low-Income People with Disabilities and Older Adults Get Enrolled and Stay Enrolled

Reproductive Health Care Pain Points: Raising The Standard of Care for Managing Pain From IUD Insertion and Removal

Final Judgment by Federal Court Approves 2020 Settlement in Los Angeles Foster Youth Mental Health Case

NHeLP’s Automated Decision-Making Principles in Medicaid Continuous Coverage Unwinding

Top 10 Reasons Why Work Requirements Are Bad for Medicaid