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.

February 2, 2024
Case Update: Supplemental Complaint file in Rose v. Becerra
Jane Perkins and Catherine McKee
This case update focuses on Rose v. Becerra, which challenges approval of a Section 1115 Medicaid project in Indiana.…
January 29, 2024
HHS’s 2024 Final Rule on Health Care Refusals: What Health Advocates Need to Know
Madeline Morcelle and Charly Gilfoil
Federal health care refusal laws, such as the Weldon Amendment and the Church Amendments, govern when and how covered…
January 22, 2024
Asynchronous Telehealth Abortion Services for Medicaid Enrollees
Cat Duffy
Telehealth medication abortion (TMAB) service delivery has greatly increased, including the expansion of asynchronous service delivery models. This issue…
January 4, 2024
Future of Abortion Council Toolkit
Cat Duffy
This toolkit is intended to be a resource for advocates looking to leverage the power of coalition work in…
December 6, 2023
Unwinding Call Center Data Shows Ongoing Problems
Michelle Yiu and Elizabeth Edwards
In August 2023, CMS issued letters to states regarding unwinding data metrics as of May 2023, including data on…
November 22, 2023
U.S. v. Florida Case Explainer
Arielle Linsey and Jane Perkins
On July 14, 2023, the Southern District of Florida issued a significant decision in United States v. Florida, a…
November 21, 2023
AMICUS: U.S. v. Florida, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jane Perkins
NHeLP and the amici are pediatric experts and medical associations, a national philanthropic organization committed to advancing health equity,…
September 28, 2023
NHeLP Comments on US Pharmacopeia Drug Classification Update Draft for 2024
Wayne Turner
Under federal rules, health plans subject to the Essential Health Benefits must cover a minimum of one drug per…
August 29, 2023
Medi-Cal Abortion Services for Current and Former Foster Youth
Jasmine Young and Amy Chen
Current and former foster youth in California have access to a broad array of sexual and reproductive health services.…
August 22, 2023
LGBTQ+ Unwinding Fact Sheets for Medi-Cal and Medicaid
Skyler Rosellini and Michelle Yiu
In partnership with Equality California and its affiliate Silver State Equality, the National Health Law Program created two fact…
August 21, 2023
An Advocate’s Guide to Reproductive and Sexual Health in the Medicaid Program (with 2023 Supplement)
Priscilla Huang, Madeline Morcelle, and Amy Chen
In 2019, NHeLP published the 2nd Edition of An Advocate’s Guide to Reproductive and Sexual Health in the Medicaid…
August 11, 2023
Medicaid Eligibility Call Centers: Questions for LEP & Disability Access
Elizabeth Edwards and Mara Youdelman
Call centers are often the primary way that Medicaid enrollees interact with the Medicaid agency. During the unwinding of…
June 28, 2023
California Abortion Coverage in Medi-Cal and Private Insurance
Jasmine Young, Amy Chen, and Fabiola De Liban
*Co-written with Xochitl Lopez-Ayala (Policy Advocacy Coordinator at ACCESS REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE) Access to comprehensive health care, which includes abortion…
May 30, 2023
Trends in State Medicaid Continuous Coverage Unwinding Plans
Cassandra LaRose
As part of the Medicaid continuous coverage unwinding, states were required to create plans to describe how they will…
April 5, 2023
FAQ: Insurance Coverage for Pharmacy-Dispensed Medication Abortion
Cat Duffy and Liz McCaman Taylor
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced new changes to the mifepristone Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS)…
March 16, 2023
Protect Medicaid Funding series (2023)
Michelle Yiu, Emma Parker-Newton, David Machledt, Amy Chen, Madeline Morcelle, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, Catherine McKee, Mara Youdelman, Wayne Turner, Dania Douglas, and Charly Gilfoil
A 2024 update of this series can be found here. In an updated series of fact sheets called Protect…
March 7, 2023
National Health Law Program Comments on HHS’s Proposed Changes to Health Care Refusal Regulations
Madeline Morcelle, Charly Gilfoil, Cat Duffy, and Héctor Hernández-Delgado
The National Health Law Program submitted comments on the Department of Health and Human Services's (HHS) Notice of Proposed…
January 31, 2023
Reforming Medicaid Coverage Toward Reproductive Justice
Madeline Morcelle
This article appeared in Volume 48, Issue 2–3 of the American Journal of Law & Medicine, North America’s leading…
December 13, 2022
Report: Progress and Gaps in Medicaid Coverage of Telehealth Medication Abortion Services in Six States
Cat Duffy
This report examines the Medicaid telehealth medication abortion (TMAB) coverage policies in six key states (Alaska, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine,…
November 1, 2022
NHeLP Comments on CMS Request for Information: Promoting Efficiency, Reducing Burden, and Advancing Equity within CMS Programs
Charly Gilfoil
NHeLP submitted comments to CMS in response to a request for information on access to care, health equity, and…