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 11, 2017
The Importance of National Coverage Standards in Medicaid
Jane Perkins and Catherine McKeeCurrently federal Medicaid law ensures that beneficiaries can access health services that reflect standards of care, write Legal Director…
- January 6, 2017
Is Repeal of ACA a Done Deal? Hardly.
Andy DiAntonioIn a piece for The National Law Journal, NHeLP Board member and former Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, Jr., and…
- December 30, 2016
Lessons from California: Fighting For Medicaid In 2017
Andy DiAntonioCalifornia's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, has significantly bettered the health care of tens of millions of Californians, and any cuts…
- December 26, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Substance and Opioid Use Disorders
Corey Davis and Hector Hernandez-DelgadoThe tenth issue in NHeLP's Protect Medicaid Funding series examines the vital role Medicaid plays in "preventing and treating…
- December 22, 2016
Health Advocate: Delivery System Reform & Medicaid Caps
Leo Cuello and Andy DiAntonioEfforts to cut or cap Medicaid that are being discussed by members of the new Congress and incoming administration…
- December 19, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Access to Providers, Issue 9
Leo Cuello and Catherine McKee - December 19, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Enrollment and Continuity, Issue 8 (Updated Feb. 2017)
Leo Cuello and David MachledtMedicaid provides proven, tailored health care coverage for low-income individuals and families. NHeLP's Health Policy Director Leonardo Cuello and…
- December 19, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Health Disparities, Issue 6
Leo Cuello, Deborah Reid, and Amy ChenThis sixth issue in NHeLP's Protect Medicaid Funding series centers on how cutting or capping Medicaid would seriously harm,…
- 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…
- December 19, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Medicaid Services, Issue 4 (Updated April 2017)
Michelle Lilienfeld, Shyaam Subramanian, and Amy ChenThe fourth issue in NHeLP's Protect Medicaid Funding series examines the dire consequences for the health of tens of…
- December 19, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Older Adults and Individuals with Disabilities, Issue 3
David MachledtThis third issue in NHeLP's Protect Medicaid Funding series centers on policies to cut or cap Medicaid funding, and…
- December 19, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Children’s Health, Issue 1 (Updated June 2017)
Leo Cuello, Deborah Reid, and Wayne TurnerIn a news series of fact sheets called Protect Medicaid Funding, NHeLP provides succinct analysis of the policy proposals that if…
- December 17, 2016
Five Things You Can Do To Protect Medicaid & the ACA
Wayne TurnerWith the looming administration and new Congress threatening to weaken Medicaid, and repeal the Affordable Care Act, NHeLP provides…
- December 15, 2016
Fact Sheet: Per Capita Caps vs. Block Grants in Medicaid
Leo Cuello and Andy DiAntonioWhat is the difference between per capita caps and block grants in Medicaid? Both are tools long championed by conservatives…
- December 13, 2016
Fact Sheet: What is a Per Capita Cap?
Leo Cuello and Andy DiAntonioThe incoming administration and the forthcoming conservative majorities in Congress are advocating changes to Medicaid intended to greatly limit…
- December 9, 2016
Protect Our Care Launched to Fight Health Care Repeal
External Source and Andy DiAntonioThe National Health Law Program joined with other national health care and social and economic justice groups to fight…
- December 2, 2016
Amicus Brief: Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri v. Mosier
Jane PerkinsNHeLP and other health care and women's advocates filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for…
- November 30, 2016
Lessons from California: Nov
Amy ChenWhile Nov. 8 statewide elections in California brought the passage of a number of positive health care related initiatives,…
- November 28, 2016
Health Advocate: The Post-Election State of Our Health
Mara YoudelmanWith a looming Trump administration and conservative majorities in Congress promising to repeal the Affordable Care Act, popularly known…
- November 1, 2016
Lessons from California
Abbi Coursolle and Andy DiAntonioDecades after being ordered by a state appeals court to adhere to Medicaid law, California's Medicaid agency, Medi-Cal, starting…
