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- December 19, 2017
NHeLP Comments on HHS’ Draft Strategic Plan
Read moreThe U.S. Department of of Health and Human Services' "Draft Strategic Plan," falls far short of protecting the nation's most vulnerable populations, NHeLP states in extensive comments submitted to HHS about its plan. NHeLP's comments focus on how the HHS strategic plan would adversely affect low-income women's access to…
- June 22, 2017
How Per Capita Caps Harm the Prevention and Treatment of New Viruses
Read moreIf Congress enacts a per capita cap on Medicaid, states will have fewer resources to prevent and treat the spread of emerging diseases, such as the recent outbreak of Zika in the southern United States and Puerto Rico. In this issue brief, Staff Attorney Candace Gibson argues that proposed…
- April 16, 2017
How Medicaid Expansion Benefits Maternal and Child Health
Read moreThe expansion of Medicaid pursuant to the Affordable Care Act has improved "maternal and child health by providing a valuable source of coverage for women of reproductive age, particularly for preconception and interconception health care," write Senior Attorney Amy Chen and Health Law Fellow Daphne Wilson in an issue…
- February 10, 2017
Protect Medicaid Funding: Pregnant Women, Issue 11 (Updated March 2017)
Read moreCutting the funding of Medicaid, whether through block grants or a per capita caps, will result in yanking vital health care coverage from pregnant women enrolled in Medicaid. In this issue of our Protect Medicaid Funding series, it is noted that Medicaid funds almost half of all births in…
- January 26, 2017
Issue Brief: Pregnancy-Related Medicaid and Minimum Essential Coverage
Read moreIn the issue brief, "Pregnancy-Related Medicaid and Minimum Essential Coverage," NHeLP Senior Attorney Amy Chen examines federal guidance on pregnancy-related Medicaid and MEC, and the states that are failing to meet MEC standards. Chen concludes that state health advocates must continue to be vigilant to ensure that the "scope…
