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August 4, 2017
NHeLP Comments on ‘Healthy Texas Women’ Sec. 1115 Waiver Project
Jane Perkins Comments
In comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NHeLP urges the department to reject Texas' so-called "Healthy Texas Women" Medicaid demonstration waiver. The comments submitted by NHeLP Legal Director Jane Perkins note that HHS has limited ability to waive provisions of Medicaid law. HHS "may only…
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August 4, 2017
Q&A on Non-Medical Transportation and Reproductive Health Services
Amy Chen Consumer Brochure
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August 2, 2017
Protect Medi-Cal Funding Series, Pregnant Women’s Health Care in California
Amy Chen Issue Brief
California's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, is vital to the health of millions of pregnant women in the state, providing access to quality prenatal care and screenings, labor and delivery, and postpartum care, as well as comprehensive abortion care. Designed to address the unique health care needs of low-income women, Medi-Cal…
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June 30, 2017
Protect Medi-Cal Funding, Women Living with HIV
Andy DiAntonio Issue Brief
California's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, covers nearly 30,000 Californians living with HIV. Women living with HIV are disproportionately women of color, and their communities benefit significantly from access to health care through Medi-Cal. The Senate Republican's bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act and gut Medicaid funding would endanger California's…
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June 29, 2017
Top 10 Threats to Women’s Reproductive Health Under Senate Bill: CA Implications
Amy Chen Issue Brief
The Senate bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and radically slash Medicaid funding threatens California women's access to reproductive health care services. Senior Attorney Amy Chen and NHeLP summer intern Emily Hayes explain the "Top Ten Threats to Women's Reproductive Health Under the Senate's bill to Repeal the…
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June 22, 2017
How Per Capita Caps Harm the Prevention and Treatment of New Viruses
Andy DiAntonio Issue Brief
If 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…
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NHeLP Comments on ‘Healthy Texas Women’ Sec. 1115 Waiver Project

Q&A on Non-Medical Transportation and Reproductive Health Services

Protect Medi-Cal Funding Series, Pregnant Women’s Health Care in California

Protect Medi-Cal Funding, Women Living with HIV

Top 10 Threats to Women’s Reproductive Health Under Senate Bill: CA Implications

How Per Capita Caps Harm the Prevention and Treatment of New Viruses