Each year, the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) spends the month of April celebrating the lifesaving program that is Medicaid. Medicaid provides quality health care to more than 80 million people in the nation. Below is a curated selection or resources and cases we believe highlight our advocacy over the past year.
- August 13, 2019
NHeLP comments on proposed rulemaking for Section 1557 – Nondiscrimination in Health and Health Education Programs or Activities
Wayne Turner, Jennifer Lav, and Mara YoudelmanSection 1557 of the Affordable Care Act provides important protections against discrimination in health care programs and activities based…
- July 11, 2019
The Trump Administration’s Proposed Changes to Language Access in the Section 1557 Regulations
Mara YoudelmanFeaturing presenters from the National Health Law Program and the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, this webinar…
- June 12, 2019
Webinar: Trump’s Proposed Rollback of the ACA’s Nondiscrimination Protections
Candace Gibson, Wayne Turner, and Mara YoudelmanAt the end of May the Trump administration released a proposed regulation that would undermine or eliminate key protections…
- June 4, 2019
Protections for LGBTQ People with Behavioral Health Needs
Abigail CoursolleDespite progress in breaking down discrimination against LGBTQ people seeking access to quality health care, the current administration and…
- June 4, 2019
Q&A: Proposed Rollback of Nondiscrimination Protections Under the ACA’s Section 1557
Wayne Turner and Candace GibsonIn courts and through regulatory action, the administration is vigorously working to dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA). On…
- March 16, 2018
Q&A Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act: Protections for Transgender Individuals
Jennifer LavA recent federal court injunction has undermined the Affordable Care Act's provisions intended to end discrimination of transgender individuals…
- May 16, 2016
Issue Brief: Highlights of the Section 1557 Final Rule
Jane Perkins, Wayne Turner, Mara Youdelman, and Elizabeth EdwardsThis issue brief provides an initial analysis of the Department of Health and Human Services' final rule implementing §…
- November 9, 2015
NHeLP Comment: Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities NPRM
Mara YoudelmanNHeLP comments in response to the Notice of Proposed Rule Making to the Affordable Care Act's section 1557, Nondiscrimination…
- May 28, 2014
NHeLP and The AIDS Institute Complaint to HHS Re HIV/AIDS Discrimination by FL
Jane Perkins and Wayne TurnerComplaint to the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS OCR) requesting…
- December 4, 2013
NHeLP Comments on Information Regarding Nondiscrimination – Section 1557
Mara Youdelman and dfitzgeraldComment submitted to the HHS in response to the proposed rule issued on April 5, 2013 regarding standards for…
- July 23, 2013
The ACA and Application of § 1557 and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Mara YoudelmanThis memo analyzes how the nondiscrimination provision enacted as Sec. 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act…