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.
- May 16, 2022
Medicaid Coverage of Advanced Practice Prescribing for Reproductive & Sexual Health Medications
Liz McCaman Taylor and Cathren CohenAdvanced practice providers (APPs) are licensed health care practitioners, other than physicians, who may practice independently and bill directly…
- December 9, 2021
Contraceptive Equity Primers
Liz McCaman TaylorState Contraceptive Equity laws can play a critical role in filling the remaining gaps from the Affordable Care Act,…
- December 8, 2021
NHeLP Comments on the No Surprises Act Interim Final Rule, Part 2
Skyler RoselliniIn December 2020, Congress passed the No Surprises Act; a federal effort to protect people from surprise medical bills.…
- December 7, 2021
Model Contraceptive Equity Act: Legislative Language and Issue Brief
Liz McCaman TaylorUPDATED - December 2021. Contraceptive Equity is a policy framework under which contraceptive care is easily accessible and covered…
- 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…
- April 8, 2019
National Health Law Program Comments on HHS Safe Harbor Rule for Outpatient Prescription Drugs
Wayne Turner and Hayley PenanThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed new regulations that would remove safe harbor protections for…
- October 13, 2017
The Death of the ACA’s Cost-Sharing Reductions
Mara YoudelmanThe White House Office of the Press Secretary on Oct. 13 announced the administration's decision to cancel upcoming payments…
- June 9, 2017
Protect Medi-Cal Funding Series, Medi-Cal Affordability
dfitzgeraldCalifornia's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, promotes ensuring low-income residents and those mired in poverty are able to access quality health…
- February 27, 2017
Indiana Medicaid Demonstration Raises Concerns
David MachledtIndiana expanded Medicaid through a demonstration waiver that some have lauded as a "potential model" for other states interested…
- December 19, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Affordability, Issue 5 (Updated Feb. 2017)
David MachledtThis fifth issue in NHeLP's Protect Medicaid Funding series examines how critical Medicaid is to helping low-income individuals and…
- October 4, 2016
Issue Brief: A Primer on Reference Pricing & VBID
David MachledtCost sharing is too often a tool that prevents low-income individuals from being able to access quality and timely…
- September 23, 2016
Health Advocate: States Expand Coverage of Contraception
dfitzgeraldStates are taking the initiative to bolster federal health care policy intended to provide comprehensive contraceptive coverage, Staff Attorney…
- April 26, 2016
Covered California: 2016 Benefit Designs: Cost Sharing for Prescription Drugs & Tiered Network Designs
Abbi Coursolle and Kim LewisRecommendations concerning the changes the California Covered Board will contemplate at its Board meeting this month regarding the 2016…
- March 24, 2016
Amicus Brief: California v. Trump
dfitzgeraldThe National Health Law Program (NHeLP) filed on October 21, a "friend of the court" brief in federal court…
- March 30, 2015
Ensuring a Strong Safety Net For the Remaining Uninsured
dfitzgeraldAdvocacy is needed to ensure that remaining uninsured Californians have access to their county safety net programs, and that…
- March 6, 2015
Fact Sheet: Medicaid Managed Care Litigation
Sarah SomersThis fact sheet describes recent trends in litigation related to Medicaid managed care, highlighting selected cases. It also includes…
- March 4, 2015
Key Takeaways for Medicaid Health Expense Accounts
David MachledtStates reluctant to accept federal funds for the Affordable Care Act's adult Medicaid expansion have proposed health expense accounts…
- March 4, 2015
Q&A: Health Expense Accounts in Medicaid
David Machledt and Jane PerkinsIn considering whether to accept federal funds for the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) adult Medicaid expansion, several states have…
- 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…
- December 23, 2014
NHeLP Comments Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters
dfitzgeraldThe document includes NHeLP's comments to a proposed regulation from HHS, titled "Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters." The…