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 16, 2019
Contraceptive Equity in Action: A Toolkit for State Implementation
Liz McCaman Taylor
The National Health Law Program is dedicated to ensuring appropriate implementation and monitoring for states that have adopted Contraceptive…
July 8, 2019
National Health Law Program Amicus Brief, Title X Final Rule Challenges
Andy DiAntonio
Court Cases On March 4, 2019 the Trump Administration announced a new final regulation change to the Title X…
June 21, 2019
Medicaid as an LGBTQ Reproductive Justice Issue: A Primer
Candace Gibson and Priscilla Huang
The reproductive justice framework is rooted in the belief that all individuals and communities should have the resources and…
June 4, 2019
Q&A: Proposed Rollback of Nondiscrimination Protections Under the ACA’s Section 1557
Wayne Turner and Candace Gibson
In courts and through regulatory action, the administration is vigorously working to dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA). On…
February 22, 2019
Abortion Coverage Under Medicaid
Fabiola De Liban
This Q&A provides an overview of how the federal government and states cover abortion under Medicaid. The Q&A's Appendix…
February 1, 2018
HHS Approves 1115 Waiver in Indiana – Harming Medicaid Enrollees
Andy DiAntonio
Earlier today, HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Indiana. The approved project is effectively a cut that…
January 12, 2018
HHS Approves 1115 Waiver in Kentucky – Harming Medicaid Enrollees Who Need Reproductive Health Services
Andy DiAntonio
Earlier today, HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Kentucky. The approved project is effectively a cut that…
December 19, 2017
NHeLP Comments on HHS’ Draft Strategic Plan
Elizabeth G. Taylor and Andy DiAntonio
The U.S. Department of of Health and Human Services' "Draft Strategic Plan," falls far short of protecting the nation's…
December 6, 2017
NHeLP Comments: HHS Rule on Religious Exemption from ACA Birth Control Provision
Andy DiAntonio
The Trump administration's effort to weaken, if not destroy, the Affordable Care Act's landmark birth control provision, also includes…
December 6, 2017
NHeLP Comments: HHS Rule on Moral Exemptions from ACA Birth Control Provision
Andy DiAntonio
The Trump administration's "Interim Final Rule for Moral Exemptions and Accommodations" for the Affordable Care Act (ACA)'s contraceptions provision…
August 11, 2017
Protect Medi-Cal Funding Series, Reproductive Health
Fabiola Carrión and Andy DiAntonio
California's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, provides vital and comprehensive reproductive health care for millions of low-income women in the state…
August 4, 2017
NHeLP Comments on ‘Healthy Texas Women’ Sec. 1115 Waiver Project
Jane Perkins
In comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NHeLP urges the department to reject Texas' so-called…
August 2, 2017
Protect Medi-Cal Funding Series, Pregnant Women’s Health Care in California
Amy Chen
California's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, is vital to the health of millions of pregnant women in the state, providing access…
June 29, 2017
Top 10 Threats to Women’s Reproductive Health Under Senate Bill: CA Implications
Amy Chen
The Senate bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and radically slash Medicaid funding threatens California women's access…
June 26, 2017
Top 10 Threats to Women’s Reproductive Health Under the Senate’s ACA Repeal Bill
Amy Chen
The Senate bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and radically slash Medicaid funding poses serious threats the…
May 31, 2017
Briefs on Public Coverage of Family Planning and Abortion Services: Reproductive Health Care Coverage in Medi-Cal
Andy DiAntonio
NHeLP's Reproductive Health Data and Insurance Accountability Project (the Data Project) is releasing a series of Issue Briefs on…
May 31, 2017
Threats to Women’s Reproductive Health Under the American Health Care Act (AHCA)
Amy Chen
The so-called American Health Care Act (AHCA), pending in the U.S. Senate, would repeal progressive health care reforms brought…
February 20, 2017
Threats to the Affordable Care Act and Women’s Reproductive Health
Amy Chen
In this fact sheet, Senior Attorney Amy Chen details the provisions of the Affordable Care Act that have helped…
February 1, 2017
Q&A: How Upcoming Efforts to Transform Medicaid Could Affect Abortion Coverage
Catherine McKee
Conservative lawmakers in Congress have signaled they will consider fundamental changes to Medicaid, ones that as Staff Attorney Catherine…
December 12, 2016
Principles for Reproductive Health in Delivery System and Payment Reform
External Source and Andy DiAntonio
Public-and-private health systems are moving to reform how care is delivered and financed. Improving women's health care and outcomes…