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.
- 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
dfitzgeraldWelcome to the year's final edition of NHeLP Matters. In the past 12 months, we have fought for the…
- October 30, 2014
Medicaid and Medicare: Aging, Access and Affordability
David MachledtAffordability is a cornerstone of any efficient and effective health care system. Discussions of healthcare affordability often center on…
- October 27, 2014
NHeLP Comments on Amendments to Arkansas’s Health Care Independence Program
David MachledtArkansas recently proposed amendments to its premium assistance Medicaid expansion demonstration, the Health Care Independence Program. These are NHeLP's…
- October 27, 2014
Reducing Medicaid Emergency Department Use: Increase Accessibility, Not Copays
David MachledtEmergency department care, one of the most frequently cited drivers of health care costs, has become a major target…
- September 30, 2014
Lessons from CA: Contraceptive Coverage
dfitzgeraldIn this month's Lessons from California, we highlight landmark legislation, the Contraceptive Coverage Equity Act (SB 1053, Mitchell), the…
- September 29, 2014
Q&A on the ACA’s Contraceptive Coverage Requirement
dfitzgeraldThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires many health insurance plans to provide coverage for certain preventive health services, including…
- September 24, 2014
NHeLP Comments to Healthy Indiana Plan Renewal and Healthy Indiana Plan 2.0 Section 1115 Demonstration Applications
Leo Cuello and Jane PerkinsComments to HHS regarding Indiana's HIP and HIP 2.0 section 1115 demonstrations to implement the Medicaid expansion. NHeLP's comments…
- September 17, 2014
Medicaid Managed Care Model Provisions, Issue 4
Mara Youdelman, Elizabeth Edwards, and dfitzgeraldOur new Medicaid Managed Care Model Provisions Series features our set of modernized model federal regulations. Each issue provides…
- September 17, 2014
Medicaid Managed Care Model Provisions, Issue 3
Abbi Coursolle and dfitzgeraldOur new Medicaid Managed Care Model Provisions Series features our set of modernized model federal regulations. Each issue provides…
- September 17, 2014
Medicaid Managed Care Model Provisions, Issue 2
dfitzgeraldOur new Medicaid Managed Care Model Provisions Series features our set of modernized model federal regulations. Each issue provides…
- September 16, 2014
Medicaid Managed Care Model Provisions, Issue 1
Sarah SomersOur new Medicaid Managed Care Model Provisions Series features our set of modernized model federal regulations. Each issue breaks…
- August 26, 2014
Memorandum in Support of IRS Form 13909 Tax-Exempt Organization Complaint
External Source and dfitzgeraldGround-breaking IRS complaint filed by NHeLP and Florida Legal Services, Inc. against the Jackson Health System, Miami-Dade County's publicly…
- August 21, 2014
Recommendations for the Modernization of the Federal Medicaid Regulations
dfitzgeraldMedicaid managed care has changed significantly over the past decade and includes more vulnerable people who have disabilities, are…
- June 18, 2014
NHeLP Matters – June 2014
dfitzgeraldSummary of the recent accomplishments of NHeLP, including protecting informed consent, stopping discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS and fighting…
- April 29, 2014
Lessons from CA: Exchange Eligibility Appeals under the Affordable Care
dfitzgeraldSection 1411(f) of the Affordable Care Act requires the HHS Secretary to establish an appeals process related to eligibility…
- March 25, 2014
Medicaid Premiums and Cost Sharing
David Machledt and Jane PerkinsThis brief reviews the literature on the impact of premiums and cost sharing on enrollment, service utilization, and health…
- March 20, 2014
NHeLP Matters – March 2014
dfitzgeraldSummary of the recent accomplishments of NHeLP, including a win for Missouri's navigators, health reform implementation and defending women's…
- October 3, 2013
Iowa Medicaid Expansion 1115 Comments
Leo Cuello and Jane PerkinsThese are comments to two section 1115 applications submitted by Iowa to implement Medicaid Expansion. Iowa's applications include numerous…
- August 29, 2013
Webinar: Medicaid Cost-Sharing
David Machledt and Jane PerkinsNational Health Law Program Legal Director Jane Perkins and Senior Policy Analyst David Machledt discuss cost-sharing, the portions of…