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 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…
- January 12, 2018
Kentucky’s Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver and Its Impact on Health Equity
Mara YoudelmanEarlier today, HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Kentucky. The approved project is effectively a cut that…
- May 16, 2016
Issue Brief: Highlights of the Section 1557 Final Rule
Jane Perkins, Wayne Turner, Mara Youdelman, and Elizabeth EdwardsThis issue brief provides an initial analysis of the Department of Health and Human Services' final rule implementing §…
- March 24, 2016
NHeLP Amicus Brief: Planned Parenthood v. Selig (8th Cir.)
Jane PerkinsBrief of the National Health Law Program, American Public Health Association, Center for Reproductive Rights, National Women's Law Center,…
- February 19, 2016
NHeLP Amicus Brief: Zubik v. Burwell
Andy DiAntonioThis case will decide whether non-profit employers are able to deny their employees access to contraceptive services on religious…
- February 8, 2016
2016 HHS Federal Poverty Guidelines
External Source and Andy DiAntonioUpdated HHS poverty guidelines to account for last calendar year's increase in prices as measured by the Consumer Price…
- December 15, 2015
Health Advocate: Litigation Round-Up
Jane PerkinsThis issue of Health Advocate provides NHeLP's annual summary of some of the year's notable court cases. The Supreme…
- November 24, 2015
Health Advocate: Reproductive Health Data and Accountability Project
Andy DiAntonioThis month's Health Advocate details our Reproductive Health Data and Accountability Project, which, in collaboration with the Advancing New…
- November 20, 2015
Hill-Burton Facility Listing
Jane PerkinsHill-Burton Act funded the construction of health care facilities beginning in the 1940s. Facilities receiving this funding had a…
- November 9, 2015
NHeLP Comment: Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities NPRM
Mara YoudelmanNHeLP comments in response to the Notice of Proposed Rule Making to the Affordable Care Act's section 1557, Nondiscrimination…
- October 20, 2015
Health Advocate: Autism Spectrum Disorders
Abbi Coursolle and Andy DiAntonioThis month's Health Advocate reviews the advocacy history that led up to guidance from the Centers for Medicare &…
- September 23, 2015
Health Advocate: Nondiscrimination and the ACA
Mara YoudelmanIn this month's Health Advocate, NHeLP provides an overview of the proposed regulation implementing Section 1557 of the ACA.…
- August 28, 2015
Motion to Reconsider Denied: Korean Community Center of the East Bay v. Kent
External Source and Andy DiAntonioPlaintiffs, who are organizations representing the interests of and assist Medi-Cal beneficiaries, including many with limited-English proficiency, sought a…
- August 28, 2015
Verified Petition for Writ of Mandate: Korean Community Center of the East Bay v. Douglas
External Source and Andy DiAntonioPlaintiffs, who are organizations representing the interests of and assist Medi-Cal beneficiaries, including many with limited-English proficiency, seek a…
- July 30, 2015
Fact Sheet: Selected Supreme Court Access to Court Opinions from the 2014 Term
Jane PerkinsNHeLP analysis of select cases from the past term that focus on access to court issues, statutory construction, Supremacy Clause,…
- March 10, 2015
Common Issues, Model Comments & State Samples for HCBS Transition Plans: A Tool for Continued Advocacy
Elizabeth EdwardsAdvocacy on State Transition Plans for compliance with the recent HCBS regulations on community settings is ongoing from comments…
- January 29, 2015
Lessons from CA: The Seamless Transition from Marketplace to Medicaid
Andy DiAntonioThe Affordable Care Act anticipated that consumers would have to transition from different forms of coverage, such as from…
- January 22, 2015
Order Granting Preliminary Injunction in Rivera v. Douglas
Andy DiAntonioJanuary 20 Alameda County Superior Court ruling that if California is unable to determine whether an applicant is eligible…
- January 20, 2015
2015 HHS Federal Poverty Guidelines
External Source and Andy DiAntonioUpdated HHS poverty guidelines to account for last calendar year's increase in prices as measured by the Consumer Price…
- 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…
