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 23, 2013
Medicaid Expansion is Important for Children
External SourceThe new health care law expands the Medicaid program to provide healthcare for millions of uninsured individuals, primarily…
- July 23, 2013
Addressing Adolescent Health: The Role of Medicaid, CHIP, and the ACA
Jina Dhillon and Jane Perkins�This issue brief describes how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and public programs like Medicaid and the ChildrenÍs Health…
- July 23, 2013
Medicaid Expansion Is Beneficial for Children
External SourceMedicaid Expansion Is Beneficial for Children The Affordable Care Act (ACA) expands the Medicaid program to provide…
- July 23, 2013
Short Paper 4: The ACA and Nursing Mothers
Corey Davis and Jina DhillonDespite overwhelming evidence that breastfeeding and the exclusive provision of breast milk to infants improves health, saves money…
- July 23, 2013
Short Paper 7: The ACA and Essential Benefits for Children in the Exchanges
Andy DiAntonioThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) creates a new mechanism for individuals and small businessesto compare different…
- July 23, 2013
NHeLP Comments to Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Regarding Priority
Jane PerkinsAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality Attention: Office of Extramural Research, Education & Priority Populations-Public Comment…
- July 23, 2013
Settlement in Katie A. Case Seeking Community-Based Mental Health Services for
External Source and Andy DiAntonio - July 23, 2013
Raising Women’s Voices: A Women’s Vision for Quality, Affordable Health Care for
External SourceThis paper outlines five central principles to ensuring that health care reform meets the needs of women, their families,…
- July 23, 2013
NHeLP Comments on Dental Action Plan Template for Medicaid and CHIP Programs
Jane PerkinsNHeLP and the Children's Dental Health Project recommend that CMS' Dental Action Plan template establish more specific, targeted goals…
- July 23, 2013
Adolescent Medicaid Enrollees Seeking Reproductive Health Care More Likely to b
Charlie BlodnieksAdolescent Medicaid Enrollees Seeking Reproductive Health Services Have Increased Risk of Abuse and Criminal ActivityPosted by: Jamie D. BrooksThe…
- July 23, 2013
NHeLP Letter of Support for MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2007 (Jan. ’07)
Mara YoudelmanJanuary 9, 2007 Dear Senator/Representative: The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) supports enactment of the MediKids…
- July 23, 2013
NHeLP Letter of Support for Legal Immigrant ChildrenÍs Health Improvement Act o
Andy DiAntonioThis letter to Senators Clinton and Snowe thanks them for introducing the Legal Immigrant ChildrenÍs Health Improvement Act of…
- July 23, 2013
Medicaid EPSDT: State Innovation Leads to Improved Oral Health Participation Ra
Andy DiAntonioA number of states are increasing children's utilization of dental care through the EPSDT program.This paper reports on oral…
- July 23, 2013
Testimony of NHeLP’s Jane Perkins to House Government Reform Subcommittee on Dental Services
Jane Perkins�NHeLP Legal Director Jane Perkins addresses the performance of states in assuring that children obtain dental services through the…
- July 23, 2013
Testimony of Laurie Norris, Public Justice Center, to House Government Reform Subcommittee
Charlie Blodnieks�Deamonte Driver, age 12, died as a result of an untreated infected tooth that resulted in a massive brain…
