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- September 27, 2022
How the Proposed Section 1557 Rule Addresses Discrimination Based on Sex Stereotypes
Read moreSex stereotypes are stereotypical ideas about masculinity or femininity, such as expectations about how people should represent or communicate their gender to others, gendered expectations about roles based on sex, or belefs that gender can only be binary. They fuel pervasive forms of sex discrimination in our health care…
- September 15, 2022
How Changes to Section 1557 will Improve Health Care for LGBTQI+ People
Read moreLesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and plus people have historically faced discrimination in health care settings. Their health needs, bodies, relationships, and families are often scrutinized in ways that are stigmatizing and can lead to worse health outcomes. This blog, adapted from our Section 1557 Q&A issue brief,…
- September 14, 2022
Steps Toward Contraceptive Equity: State Legislative Considerations for the 2023 Session
Read moreIn 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…
- July 28, 2022
Essential Health Benefits: Best Practices in Benchmark Selection
Read moreThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) established a comprehensive set of ten Essential Health Benefits (EHB) that most health plans must cover. Under federal rules, states can select a benchmark plan that defines what the ten benefits look like in each state. However, many states still have no process for…
- June 13, 2022
Health Care Refusals & How They Undermine Standards of Care Part II: The Impact of Health Care Refusals, Discrimination, and Mistreatment on LGBTQ Patients and Families
Read more*Co-authored with Hayley Penan*This is Part II of the National Health Law Program’s two part blog series on the topic of health care refusals and how they undermine standards of care. Part I of the blog series was a very topline review of the topics covered in the original…
- May 16, 2022
Medicaid Coverage of Advanced Practice Prescribing for Reproductive & Sexual Health Medications
Read moreAdvanced practice providers (APPs) are licensed health care practitioners, other than physicians, who may practice independently and bill directly under state law. Public health research supports making a variety of reproductive and sexual health medications available through APPs. There are two primary state policy levers that impact access to…
