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.
- December 6, 2021
Q&A: State Contraceptive Equity Laws
Liz McCaman TaylorThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires most health insurance plans to provide coverage for a broad range of women’s…
- November 22, 2021
NHeLP Comments on Repeal of the “Good Guidance” Rule
Wayne Turner and Dania DouglasGuidance documents are a valuable tool that allows agencies to clarify policy issues and explain ambiguities raised by the…
- November 2, 2021
Amicus brief from National Health Law Program in CVS v. Doe
Elizabeth Edwards and Wayne TurnerIn CVS v. Doe, individuals living with HIV challenge a decision by their health insurers to require access to…
- September 8, 2021
NHeLP Letter to Congressional Leadership on HCBS and Coverage Gap
Elizabeth G. Taylor, Jennifer Lav, Madeline Morcelle, David Machledt, Mara Youdelman, and Dania DouglasAs the Senate and House move forward on landmark Medicaid legislation, the National Health Law Program urges Congressional leaders…
- August 20, 2021
NHeLP comments on Updating Payment Parameters Rule
Wayne Turner, Dania Douglas, and Fabiola De LibanIn the Updating Payment Parameters Rule (UPP Rule), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposes several important changes…
- June 28, 2021
Closing The Medicaid Coverage Gap: Preventing a Separate and Unequal Result
Madeline MorcelleExpanding Medicaid is an urgent moral, anti-racist, health equity, reproductive justice, and economic imperative. Yet today, policymakers in twelve…
- December 3, 2020
NHeLP Comments on HHS Regulations Rule (aka SUNSET Rule)
Wayne Turner and Dania DouglasIn the Regulations Rule, HHS seeks to retroactively impose a mandatory expiration date on an estimated 18,000 duly promulgated…
- November 3, 2020
The Affordable Care Act in Court : Litigation Continues Unabated
Jane PerkinsThe Affordable Care Act has been a lightning rod for litigation, generating hundreds of cases seeking to have all…
- October 13, 2020
NHeLP response to HHS Request for Information on Guidance Documents
Wayne TurnerHHS posted an undated Request for Information (RFI) on its website asking for input on which guidance documents should…
- September 14, 2020
NHeLP comments on HHS Proposed Rule on Guidance
Wayne Turner and Dania DouglasGuidance documents are a valuable tool that allows agencies to clarify policy issues and explain ambiguities raised by the…
- July 29, 2020
COVID-19 Litigation Docket
Sarah GrusinThe COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in rapid and significant changes to the country’s health care system. State Medicaid programs,…
- July 20, 2020
NHeLP comments on Medicaid Prescrption Drug Rebate Program and Value- based Purchasing Proposed Rulemaking
Wayne Turner, Liz McCaman Taylor, Madeline Morcelle, and Cathren CohenIn a proposed rule, CMS seeks to expand value-based purchasing arrangements for prescription drugs in commercial plans and the…
- July 7, 2020
NHeLP Again Opposes Implementation of Double Billing Rule, Particularly During Pandemic
Fabiola De LibanAs conveyed in our comments to the proposed rule, the National Health Law Program strongly opposes the implementation of…
- May 13, 2020
Amicus: California v. Texas, U.S. Supreme Court
Jane Perkins and Sarah SomersThe National Health Law Program and ten other organizations filed an amicus brief opposing a group of states’ effort…
- February 10, 2020
Karen Vaughn v. Jennifer Walthall, et al., 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Elizabeth Edwards and Sarah GrusinKaren Vaughn has lived in the community for decades with the nursing and other services she needs. In 2016…
- December 23, 2019
Letter to CMS Requesting Extension for TennCare II Demonstration Comment Period
Jane PerkinsOn Monday, December 23, 2019, the National Health Law Program sent a letter to CMS Administrator Seema Verma asking…
- September 12, 2019
Webinar: Medicare-for-All? Public Option? What Does It All Mean for Low-Income Individuals?
Jennifer Lav and Héctor Hernández-DelgadoAll major Democratic candidates agree that the ultimate goal of any health care reform proposal should be universal health…
- 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…
