Medicaid Awareness Month Resources

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.

July 10, 2026
NHeLP Comments on Excepted Fertility Benefits Proposed Rule
Fabiola De Liban, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, and Wayne Turner
The U.S. Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services Departments proposed a rule that may allow some employers to…
December 15, 2025
Section 1303 Segregated Abortion Funds Legal Explainer
Cat Duffy
States are considering policies that leverage unused segregated premiums from Marketplace insurers to fund access to abortion services for…
November 4, 2025
Fact Sheet: Georgia Medicaid Coverage of Sexual and Reproductive Health
Rachel Utz
This fact sheet discusses the sexual and reproductive health services covered by Medicaid in Georgia. It is the first…
October 22, 2025
Presumptive Eligibility and Abortion Access
Cat Duffy and Fabiola De Liban
Presumptive eligibility (PE) is a crucial tool states can use to provide expedited pathways to immediate Medicaid coverage for…
June 5, 2025
The Top 10 Reasons Why House Republicans’ Reconciliation Bill Will Devastate Maternal and Child Health
Madeline Morcelle
This article discusses the GOP reconciliation package, officially called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and its implications for…
April 10, 2025
Abortion Coverage Under Medicaid
Fabiola De Liban, Cat Duffy, Allyson Crays, and Courtney Mendoza
This Q&A provides an overview of how the federal government and states cover abortion under Medicaid. The Q&A’s Appendix…
March 11, 2025
Fact Sheet on Abortion Coverage for Medicaid enrollees
Rachel Utz
December 12, 2024
Beyond the Law: The Challenges of Marketplace Coverage of Abortion in 2024
Cat Duffy
A 2019 NHeLP report examined the consumer experience when seeking information about abortion coverage in Marketplace plans. Given the…
October 3, 2024
(Updated) Medicaid Principles on Telehealth
Fabiola De Liban and Daniel Young
In the Spring of 2020, the National Health Law Program released its Medicaid Principles on Telehealth. We drew from…
July 18, 2024
Report: Medicaid Coverage of Telehealth Abortion Services in Six States (IL, MN, NM, NY, RI, WA)
Cat Duffy
In 2022, the National Health Law Program started a project to comprehensively map the Medicaid coverage and reimbursement policies…
July 18, 2024
Q&A on Federal Authorities to Extend Pregnancy Medicaid Coverage
Madeline Morcelle
As the largest payer of pregnancy related care in the U.S. and payer for 65% of Black pregnant peoples’…
June 3, 2024
Addressing Language Access for Reproductive Telehealth Care
RHITES, COLOR Latina, Frontera Fund, and National Health Law Program (NHeLP)
RHITES latest factsheet created in partnership with COLOR Latina, Frontera Fund and the National Health Law Program dives deeper…
May 16, 2024
2024 HIPAA Final Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy
Rolonda Donelson
The Biden Administration finalized modifications to the the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to provide protection to patient information regarding…
May 9, 2024
Questions and Answers on the 2024 Final Rule Addressing Nondiscrimination Protections under the ACA’s Section 1557
Mara Youdelman, Madeline Morcelle, Wayne Turner, and Jennifer Lav
The Biden Administration finalized updates to the regulations implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. Section 1557 prohibits…
May 7, 2024
NHeLP Comments on “Healthy Texas Women” Sec. 1115 Waiver Project Extension Request
Christina Piecora
In comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NHeLP urges the department to reject Texas’ request…
April 30, 2024
Medicaid Continuous Coverage Unwinding: Messaging and Outreach Resources
Michelle Yiu
State Medicaid agencies are beginning to unwind the Medicaid continuous coverage provisions enacted in early 2020 to adapt to…
March 12, 2024
DOJ and OCR Complaints: Complaints Filed Against Medicaid Programs in DC and Texas
Elizabeth Edwards, Jane Perkins, and Litigation Team
The National Health Law Program (NHeLP), together with Disability Rights DC at University Legal Services (DRDC) and Disability Rights…
March 8, 2024
NHeLP’s Framing and Language in the Doula Medicaid Project
Michelle Yiu
In recent years, NHeLP has encountered discussions regarding the problematic etymology of the term “doula” as associated with slavery.…
February 21, 2024
Testimony to Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Health Care: Promise and Pitfalls
Elizabeth Edwards
NHeLP submitted written testimony to the February 8, 2024 Senate Finance Committee meeting on AI and health care that…
February 7, 2024
AMICUS: Planned Parenthood of Montana v. Montana, Supreme Court of the State of Montana
Catherine McKee
In 2023, Montana imposed severe restrictions on coverage of abortion services for individuals enrolled in Medicaid. Reproductive health providers…