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.
- April 28, 2015
Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Care Center
Jane PerkinsIn Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Care Center, 135 S. Ct. 1378 (2015), the Supreme Court held that health care…
- January 14, 2015
Health Advocate: Our New Year’s Resolutions
Susan Berke Fogel, Jane Perkins, and Mara YoudelmanThis edition of the Health Advocate previews what is ahead in the coming months including the continuing theme of Medicaid…
- January 13, 2015
Amicus brief of the National Health Law Program in Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center
Andy DiAntonioAmicus brief by NHeLP and advocates supporting the respondents and arguing that the history and purpose of the Medicaid…
- December 16, 2014
Health Advocate: 2014 Litigation Round Up
Jane PerkinsMore than four years since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law have passed, and yet litigation over…
- December 11, 2014
NHeLP Matters – December 2014
Andy DiAntonioWelcome to the year's final edition of NHeLP Matters. In the past 12 months, we have fought for the…
- December 4, 2014
Q&A: Abstention Update
Jane Perkins and Sarah SomersQ&A: Abtention Update This short issue brief discusses the latest developments in abstention cases affecting Medicaid beneficiaries, including a…
- June 27, 2014
Q&A Deference
Andy DiAntonioAdvocates may wish to argue that courts should defer to agency interpretations in proposed, but not final, regulation. This…
- April 3, 2014
Q&A: EPSDT Coverage of Nutrition Services
Jane PerkinsQ&A Fact Sheet on EPSDT coverage of nutrition selection. EPSDT is a mandatory Medicaid service for children and youth under…
- April 3, 2014
Fact Sheet: Medicaid EPSDT Case Trends and Docket
Jane PerkinsThe Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) provisions are among the most specific in the Medicaid Act.…
- October 29, 2013
Private Enforcement of the Medicaid Act Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983
Jane PerkinsThis Issue Brief provides a review on private enforcement of the Medicaid Act through § 1983. The issue brief…
- July 23, 2013
ACA Litigation Closed Case Docket
Jane PerkinsThis docket follows the pleadings and developments in cases challenging the ACA that have been closed. For current cases,…
- July 23, 2013
National Association of Chain Drug Stores et al amicus brief: Douglas v. Indepe
External Source and Andy DiAntonioINTEREST OF AMICI CURIAE Amici?the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, the National Community Pharmacists Association, the…
- July 23, 2013
ACLU et al amicus brief: Douglas v. Independent Living
External Source and Andy DiAntonioINTEREST OF AMICI CURIAEThe American Civil Liberties Union (?ACLU?) is a nationwide, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization with over 500,000 members,…
- July 23, 2013
Colorado: Opening Brief of Petitioner
External Source and Andy DiAntonioThis is the opening brief filed filed in the Supreme Court of Colorado by challengers of a a ballot…
- July 23, 2013
Colorado: Petition for Review (10SA100, April 14, 2010)
External Source and Andy DiAntonioThis petition challenged a ballot initiative to amend Colorado's constitution to prohibit state law from requiring individuals to participate…
- July 23, 2013
Fact Sheet: The Need for Class Certification
Jane PerkinsTo obtain class certification pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 23, the moving party must meet…
- July 23, 2013
Fact Sheet: Update on Federal Court AccessAbstention
Sarah SomersUpdate on Federal Court Access -- Abstentionproduced bySarah Somers and Natalie Keanwith a grant from the Training and Advocacy…
