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November 10, 2020
California Policy Needs During COVID and Beyond: Reproductive and Sexual Health
Amy Chen Issue Brief
COVID-19 has changed the landscape for reproductive and sexual health care services, delivery, and access. As has been the case across the board, the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare racial and socioeconomic inequities, and in many cases exacerbated them. At the same time, the challenges raised by the pandemic…
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July 16, 2020
June Medical Services v. Russo and the Work that Remains for Underserved Populations
Fabiola De Liban and Abigail Coursolle Issue Brief
On June 29th, the Supreme Court ruled in June Medical Services vs. Russo that Louisiana’s admitting privileges law is unconstitutional and blocked it from taking effect. This win for reproductive health advocates means that abortion clinics can remain open to serve patients who need abortion care in Louisiana and…
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July 7, 2020
NHeLP Again Opposes Implementation of Double Billing Rule, Particularly During Pandemic
Fabiola De Liban Comments
As conveyed in our comments to the proposed rule, the National Health Law Program strongly opposes the implementation of the “Double Billing” rule promulgated on December 27, 2019 because it threatens to undermine access to quality health care, including essential reproductive health services. We implore the administration, states, and…
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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 Issue Brief, Fact Sheet
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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May 27, 2020
Top Ten List: Reproductive and Sexual Health Care Access in the Time of COVID-19
Madeline Morcelle and Priscilla Huang Fact Sheet
The COVID-19 pandemic is exposing and exacerbating pervasive obstacles to sexual health, family planning, prenatal, labor and delivery, postpartum, and abortion care in the U.S. It is also illuminating how overlapping systems of oppression unjustly mar the health and wellbeing of people with disabilities, LGBTQ individuals, and people of…
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May 21, 2020
Building A Successful Program for Medi-Cal Coverage For Doula Care: Findings From A Survey of Doulas in California
Amy Chen and Alexis Robles-Fradet Guide
The National Health Law Program’s Doula Medicaid Project seeks to improve health outcomes for pregnant Medicaid enrollees by ensuring that all pregnant individuals enrolled in Medicaid who want access to a doula will have one. As part of this project, the National Health Law Program is proud to publish…
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California Policy Needs During COVID and Beyond: Reproductive and Sexual Health

June Medical Services v. Russo and the Work that Remains for Underserved Populations

NHeLP Again Opposes Implementation of Double Billing Rule, Particularly During Pandemic

HHS Eliminates or Weakens Regulatory Protections Against Discrimination in Health Care

Top Ten List: Reproductive and Sexual Health Care Access in the Time of COVID-19

Building A Successful Program for Medi-Cal Coverage For Doula Care: Findings From A Survey of Doulas in California