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January 12, 2018
Kentucky’s Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver and Its Impact on Health Equity
Mara Youdelman Issue Brief
Earlier today, HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Kentucky. The approved project is effectively a cut that will worsen or eliminate access to Medicaid for low-income individuals. This proposal will have a significant detrimental impact on people of color, women, and people with disabilities. This fact sheet…
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May 16, 2016
Issue Brief: Highlights of the Section 1557 Final Rule
Jane Perkins, Wayne Turner, Mara Youdelman, and Elizabeth Edwards Issue Brief
This issue brief provides an initial analysis of the Department of Health and Human Services' final rule implementing § 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, the ACA's nondiscrimination provision. The final rule was released for public inspection at the Federal Register on Friday, May 13. It is expected to…
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March 24, 2016
NHeLP Amicus Brief: Planned Parenthood v. Selig (8th Cir.)
Jane Perkins Court Document
Brief of the National Health Law Program, American Public Health Association, Center for Reproductive Rights, National Women's Law Center, National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, National Center for Lesbian Rights, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, and Sexuality Education and Information Council of the U.S. (SEICUS) as amici…
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February 19, 2016
NHeLP Amicus Brief: Zubik v. Burwell
dfitzgerald Court Document
This case will decide whether non-profit employers are able to deny their employees access to contraceptive services on religious grounds. NHeLP's brief, joined by American Public Health Association, National Hispanic Medical Association, National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, National Women's Health Network, Ipas, Asian Americans Advancing Justice |…
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February 8, 2016
2016 HHS Federal Poverty Guidelines
External Source Regulations and Laws
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December 15, 2015
Health Advocate: Litigation Round-Up
Jane Perkins Issue Brief
This issue of Health Advocate provides NHeLP's annual summary of some of the year's notable court cases. The Supreme Court decided yet another case involving the Affordable Care Act, and it issued a ruling that has sharply curtailed health care providers' ability to obtain court orders requiring state Medicaid…
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Kentucky’s Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver and Its Impact on Health Equity

Issue Brief: Highlights of the Section 1557 Final Rule

NHeLP Amicus Brief: Planned Parenthood v. Selig (8th Cir.)

NHeLP Amicus Brief: Zubik v. Burwell

2016 HHS Federal Poverty Guidelines

Health Advocate: Litigation Round-Up