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October 18, 2019
Comments on HUD Disparate Impact Rule Changes and the Use of Algorithms
Elizabeth Edwards, David Machledt, and Hannah Eichner Comments
In comments to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), NHeLP expresses strong opposition to the proposed rule change regarding “HUD's Implementation of the Fair Housing Act's Disparate Impact Standard” Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). The existing disparate impact rule efficiently and successfully serves the American public as…
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September 1, 2019
Declaration of Leighton Ku in La Clínica de la Raza v. Trump
Litigation Team Court Document, Cases
This declaration examines the potential effects of the final public charge regulation issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Specifically, Dr. Ku produces independent, evidence-based analyses and estimates that between 1.0 million and 3.1 million members of immigrant families would drop or forego Medicaid coverage or disenroll due…
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July 19, 2019
Webinar: Final Conscience Regulation – Does the New HHS Rule Promote Injustice?
Susan Berke Fogel Webinar
On May 2, 2019, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the final version of its conscience rule. This updated rule purports to authorize individual health care workers and institutions to refuse to provide certain services by citing a religious or conscientious objection. Such leeway may have…
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July 11, 2019
The Trump Administration’s Proposed Changes to Language Access in the Section 1557 Regulations
Mara Youdelman Webinar
Featuring presenters from the National Health Law Program and the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, this webinar recording details the proposed changes affecting language access to regulations implementing Section 1557, the ACA’s nondiscrimination provision. Presenters also discuss how the public can provide their feedback to the proposed…
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June 12, 2019
Webinar: Trump’s Proposed Rollback of the ACA’s Nondiscrimination Protections
Candace Gibson, Wayne Turner, and Mara Youdelman Webinar
At the end of May the Trump administration released a proposed regulation that would undermine or eliminate key protections under the Affordable Care Act's nondiscrimination provision, Section 1557. The proposal targets LGBTQ individuals, people with limited English proficiency, women, people seeking abortion services, people living with HIV/AIDS, persons with…
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June 4, 2019
Protections for LGBTQ People with Behavioral Health Needs
Abigail Coursolle Issue Brief
Despite progress in breaking down discrimination against LGBTQ people seeking access to quality health care, the current administration and conservative led states are working to rollback those protections as discrimination against LGBTQ individuals in need of behavioral health care goes unabated. National Health Law Program Senior Attorney Abigail Coursolle…
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Comments on HUD Disparate Impact Rule Changes and the Use of Algorithms

Declaration of Leighton Ku in La Clínica de la Raza v. Trump

Webinar: Final Conscience Regulation – Does the New HHS Rule Promote Injustice?

The Trump Administration’s Proposed Changes to Language Access in the Section 1557 Regulations

Webinar: Trump’s Proposed Rollback of the ACA’s Nondiscrimination Protections

Protections for LGBTQ People with Behavioral Health Needs