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April 17, 2023
What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid?
Wayne Turner Fact Sheet, Issue Brief
With the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, and the implementation of Medicaid expansions and Marketplaces in 2014, the U.S. significantly expanded access to health insurance coverage. Architects of the ACA rightly viewed Medicaid as an essential piece of the universal coverage puzzle. Indeed, Medicaid is…
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March 7, 2023
National Health Law Program Comments on HHS’s Proposed Changes to Health Care Refusal Regulations
Madeline Morcelle, Charly Gilfoil, Cat Duffy, and Héctor Hernández-Delgado Comments
The National Health Law Program submitted comments on the Department of Health and Human Services's (HHS) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to implement federal health care refusal laws, called "Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience as Protected by Federal Statutes.” Our comments thank HHS for proposing to rescind the most harmful…
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October 18, 2022
Model Contraceptive Equity Act: Legislative Language and Issue Brief
Liz McCaman Taylor Guide, NHeLP Matters, Issue Brief, Health Advocate
Updated October 2023. This paper begins with model legislative language that can serve as a template for state advocates seeking to expand contraceptive coverage. The paper concludes with an issue brief explaining the provisions within the Model Contraceptive Equity Act and how they advance equitable access to contraceptive services…
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September 14, 2022
Steps Toward Contraceptive Equity: State Legislative Considerations for the 2023 Session
Liz McCaman Taylor NHeLP Matters, Guide, Fact Sheet, Health Advocate, Consumer Brochure
In the first regular state legislative session post-Dobbs, many state policymakers and advocates may seek to shore up contraceptive access in their communities. NHeLP has created a checklist of considerations for enshrining contraception rights into state law, based on a range of model access policies. The policy considerations span…
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June 19, 2020
HHS Eliminates or Weakens Regulatory Protections Against Discrimination in Health Care
Wayne Turner, Mara Youdelman, and Madeline Morcelle Fact Sheet, Issue Brief
As part of its ongoing attacks on health care and civil rights, the Trump administration recently finalized drastic changes to regulations implementing Section 1557, the Affordable Care Act’s nondiscrimination provision. Section 1557 provides important protections against discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin (including language access), sex,…
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February 18, 2020
Comments on HHS Proposed Rule on Religiously-Affiliated Providers
Wayne Turner Comments
HHS is attempting to roll back important protections for individuals seeking services from religiously-affiliated providers in a rulemaking it calls “Ensuring Equal Treatment of Faith-Based Providers.” The proposed rule would encourage religiously-affiliated providers to refuse to employ non-adherents and require that all employees and applicants for employment conform to…
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National Health Law Program Comments on HHS’s Proposed Changes to Health Care Refusal Regulations

HHS Eliminates or Weakens Regulatory Protections Against Discrimination in Health Care

Comments on HHS Proposed Rule on Religiously-Affiliated Providers

Health Care Refusals Archive

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What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid?

National Health Law Program Comments on HHS’s Proposed Changes to Health Care Refusal Regulations

Model Contraceptive Equity Act: Legislative Language and Issue Brief

Steps Toward Contraceptive Equity: State Legislative Considerations for the 2023 Session

HHS Eliminates or Weakens Regulatory Protections Against Discrimination in Health Care

Comments on HHS Proposed Rule on Religiously-Affiliated Providers