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.
- January 2, 2019
The Ethical & Religious Directives: What the 2018 Update Means for Catholic Hospital Mergers
Hayley Penan and Amy ChenThe Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (ERDs) are directives promulgated by the United States Conference…
- December 18, 2018
Are Rights A Reality? Evaluating Federal Civil Rights Enforcement
Candace Gibson and Rachel HoltzmanThe National Health Law Program has urged the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to investigate the "ways in which…
- November 7, 2018
Comments to DHS Regarding Indefinite Detention of Immigrant Children
Jennifer Lav, Priscilla Huang, Alicia Emanuel, and Amy ChenThe National Health Law Program urges the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Health and Human…
- September 18, 2018
National Health Law Program: Comments on Sterilization Consent Form
Priscilla Huang and Candace GibsonEstablished in the 1970s, the Medicaid Consent for Sterilization policy was, and remains, a much-needed protection against coercive sterilization…
- September 9, 2018
National Health Law Program: In Public Comments Urge VA to Stop Excluding Gender-Affirming Care
Rachel Holtzman and Jennifer LavIn comments to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the National Health law Program urges the agency to amend…
- July 27, 2018
Civil, Human Rights Groups’ Amicus Brief in 2020 Census Case, San Jose v. U.S.
Jane PerkinsA broad array of civil and human rights groups filed an amicus brief in San Jose and Black Alliance…
- July 27, 2018
Civil and Human Rights Groups’ Amicus Brief in 2020 Census Case (CA v. U.S. )
Jane PerkinsAn array of advocacy groups filed an amicus brief in California v. Ross, siding with Calif. Attorney General Xavier…
- June 19, 2018
Civil and Human Rights Groups’ Amicus Brief in 2020 Census Case
Andy DiAntonioMore than 140 advocacy groups filed an amicus brief siding with New York's federal court challenge to the U.S.…
- May 18, 2018
AMICUS: United States v. California
Andy DiAntonioThe National Health Law Program filed a "friend of the court" brief on behalf of the organization, and 42…
- March 27, 2018
National Health Law Program Urges HHS to Withdraw Conscience Rights Rule
Andy DiAntonioIn comments to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), the National Health Law Program urges it…
- March 16, 2018
Q&A Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act: Protections for Transgender Individuals
Jennifer LavA recent federal court injunction has undermined the Affordable Care Act's provisions intended to end discrimination of transgender individuals…
- March 6, 2018
Arkansas’s Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver & Its Impact on Health Equity
Mara YoudelmanOn March 5, 2018 HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Arkansas. The approved project is effectively a…
- March 6, 2018
HHS Approves Harmful Section 1115 Waiver in Arkansas: Effects on People with Disabilities
David MachledtOn March 5, 2018 HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Arkansas. The approved project is effectively a…
- February 1, 2018
HHS Approves 1115 Waiver in Indiana – Harming Medicaid Enrollees
Andy DiAntonioEarlier today, HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Indiana. The approved project is effectively a cut that…
- February 1, 2018
Section 1115 Waiver in Indiana: Effects on People with Disabilities
David MachledtEarlier today, HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Indiana. The approved project is effectively a cut that…
- February 1, 2018
Indiana’s Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver & Its Impact on Health Equity
Mara YoudelmanEarlier today, HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Indiana. The approved project is effectively a cut that…
- January 24, 2018
Summary of Lawsuit Filed Against HHS Approval of Kentucky Waivers
Leo Cuello, Jane Perkins, and Catherine McKeeOn January 12, 2018 the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) approved numerous section 1115 waivers in Kentucky…
- January 24, 2018
Stewart v. Hargan, Lawsuit Challenging Kentucky Medicaid Waiver Project
Andy DiAntonioRepresenting 15 Medicaid beneficiaries in Kentucky, the National Health Law Program (NHeLP), the Kentucky Equal Justice Center (KEJC), and…
- January 12, 2018
Harmful Section 1115 Waiver in Kentucky: Effects on People with Disabilities
David MachledtEarlier today, HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Kentucky. 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 DiAntonioEarlier today, HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Kentucky. The approved project is effectively a cut that…
