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- June 13, 2022
Health Care Refusals & How They Undermine Standards of Care Part II: The Impact of Health Care Refusals, Discrimination, and Mistreatment on LGBTQ Patients and Families
Read more*Co-authored with Hayley Penan*This is Part II of the National Health Law Program’s two part blog series on the topic of health care refusals and how they undermine standards of care. Part I of the blog series was a very topline review of the topics covered in the original…
- June 13, 2022
Health Care Refusals & How They Undermine Standards of Care Part I: An Overview
Read moreCo-authored with Hayley Penan*In July 2013, Susan Berke Fogel, then Director of the National Health Law Program’s Reproductive and Sexual Health Team, published Health Care Refusals: Undermining Quality Care for Women. This report detailed how health care refusals and denials of care rooted in political ideology, or institutional or…
- May 27, 2022
California’s Historic Medi-Cal Exclusion Removal for Older Adults Regardless of Immigration Status
Alicia Emanuel and Iván Barragan* california, Eligibility & Enrollment, UncategorizedRead more*Co-authored with Iván Barragan, CA Immigrant Policy CenterAs of May 1, 2022, California removed the exclusion to full-scope Medi-Cal for all income-eligible adults ages 50 and older, regardless of immigration status. At least 244,000 Californians have already been enrolled and benefited from this historic “Older Adult” victory. This advancement…
- May 20, 2022
Medi-Cal Coverage for Doula Care Requires Sustainable and Equitable Reimbursement to be Successful
Amy Chen and Allison Berquist* california, UncategorizedRead moreIn 2021, California included in the state budget funding to add full spectrum doula care as a new covered benefit for all pregnant and postpartum people in Medi-Cal. The same year, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 65, the California Momnibus, which included additional support for implementation of the doula…
- April 5, 2022
NHeLP Expands “Medicaid Experiences” Project
Read moreMedicaid enrollees, their families/caregivers, and those seeking to enroll have unique and profound insights into the workings of the program. Advocates know that by understanding the lived experiences of enrollees, they can better advocate for policies that meet the health care needs of people on the ground.That is why…
- March 9, 2022
Reducing Opioid Prescriptions Does Not Reduce Overdoses, but It Does Harm Low-Income Pain Patients
Read moreAs opioid overdose rates reach an all-time high in the United States, much of the public discussion is dominated by prescription opioids and the misdeeds of pharmaceutical companies. However, the reality of opioid use and overdose is more complicated, and these narratives put too much emphasis on reducing opioid…
