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Archives
- June 21, 2019
Comments to OMB on Proposal to Change Poverty Measure
Read moreThe National Health Law Program submitted comments urging the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to reject a proposal that would lower the federal poverty line. For the last several decades, OMB has used the Consumer Price Index-Urban inflation measure to update the Official Poverty Measure each year. Yet,…
- April 29, 2019
Summary of State Law Requirements Addressing Language Needs in Health Care
Read moreAbout Language Access: With growing concerns about racial, ethnic, and language disparities in health care and the need for the health care systems to accommodate increasingly diverse patient populations, language access is a matter of national importance. High quality language access services allow individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP)…
- February 6, 2019
State and Federal Legislative Proposals Relating to Doula Care
Amy Chen and Dhara Patel Fact SheetRead moreDhara Patel, an intern at the National Health Law Program, and Amy Chen, a senior attorney, provide a summary of major state and federal legislation introduced or enacted within the past 10 years that included funding for doula services, which is patient-centered care that is vital to combatting the…
- January 31, 2019
Model Contraceptive Equity Act: Legislative Language and Issue Brief
Read moreContraceptive Equity is a policy framework under which contraceptive care is easily accessible and covered at no cost in all health plans. Why is it important? Because of the critical role that family planning plays in improving health outcomes and economic security, and because of the historically inadequate coverage…
- January 30, 2019
Health Care Advocates’ Vision for Transforming Access to Medi-Cal Mental Health Care
Read moreThe National Health Law Program and seven public interest health care advocates in California in a Jan. 30 letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom expressed their interest in working with him to "ensure that Californians enrolled in Medi-Cal as well as those in local Mental Health Services Act-funded programs have…
- January 3, 2019
2017-2018 Federal Legislative Proposals Relating to Maternal and Infant Health and Mortality
Amy Chen, Dhara Patel, and Nicole Strombom Fact SheetRead moreMothers in the United States are dying during childbirth and the one year postpartum period at an alarming rate, and more frequently than mothers in similarly situated countries. The situation is particularly critical for Black women, who are three to four times more likely than non-Hispanic white women to…
