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September 25, 2023
NHeLP Comments on Updating Pennsylvania’s EHB Benchmark Plan
Wayne Turner Comments
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September 25, 2023
NHeLP Letter to CCIIO on Legal Authorities and Regulatory Changes for Essential Health Benefits
Héctor Hernández-Delgado and Wayne Turner Letter
In this letter to the HHS Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO), NHeLP urges changes in regulations governing Essential Health Benefits (EHB). As NHeLP points out, nothing in the Affordable Care Act precludes HHS from adding adult oral health as part of the department's statutory responsibility to…
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September 7, 2023
Comments on Proposed Short-Term Limited Duration Insurance Rule
Cat Duffy and Wayne Turner Comments
NHeLP submitted comments generally in support of the proposed rule on short-term limited-duration insurance (STLDI) plans by the Internal Revenue Service, the Employee Benefits Security Administration, and the Health and Human Services Department. The proposed changes will help promote access to high quality, affordable, comprehensive coverage by limiting short-term…
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February 2, 2023
NHeLP Comments on Essential Health Benefits (EHB) Request for Information (RFI)
Héctor Hernández-Delgado and Wayne Turner Comments
NHeLP submitted comments in response to the HHS' Request for Information (RFI) regarding coverage of Essential Health Benefits (EHB) in the private health insurance market. The comments highlight the need to provide guidance to states to ensure consumers have appropriate information about EHB coverage requirements. In addition, NHeLP underscores…
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January 31, 2023
Reforming Medicaid Coverage Toward Reproductive Justice
Madeline Morcelle Article
This article appeared in Volume 48, Issue 2–3 of the American Journal of Law & Medicine, North America’s leading health law journal devoted exclusively to the analysis of issues at the nexus of law and medicine. In this article, NHeLP Staff Attorney Madeline T. Morcelle provides an account of…
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November 18, 2022
Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis: The Biden-Harris Administration’s Blueprint
Madeline Morcelle and Amy Chen Issue Brief, Article
According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, from 2017–2019, roughly 84 percent of pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. were preventable. Black and Indigenous women and birthing people continue to die at exponentially higher rates than their white counterparts. Equitable, whole-of-government, and systemic solutions…
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NHeLP Comments on Updating Pennsylvania’s EHB Benchmark Plan

NHeLP Letter to CCIIO on Legal Authorities and Regulatory Changes for Essential Health Benefits

Comments on Proposed Short-Term Limited Duration Insurance Rule

NHeLP Comments on Essential Health Benefits (EHB) Request for Information (RFI)

Reforming Medicaid Coverage Toward Reproductive Justice

Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis: The Biden-Harris Administration’s Blueprint