Medicaid Awareness Month Resources

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 15, 2025
Highlights: What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid?
Mara Youdelman, Wayne Turner, David Machledt, Kimberly Lewis, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, and Elizabeth Edwards
Congressional Republicans are considering policies that would cut funding for Medicaid through their forthcoming budget resolution. Emerging proposals could…
January 8, 2025
National Coalition for Gender Justice in Health Policy Calls on Congress to Protect Medicaid
Madeline Morcelle
On January 8, 2025, 134 members of the National Coalition for Gender Justice in Health Policy and allied organizations…
December 18, 2024
Per Capita Caps vs. Block Grants in Medicaid
Mara Youdelman
What is the difference between per capita caps and block grants in Medicaid? Both are tools long championed by Medicaid detractors as ways…
December 18, 2024
What Is a Per Capita Cap and How Would It Impact Medicaid?
Mara Youdelman
A per capita cap is a financing mechanism to dramatically cut Medicaid funding. NHeLP explains how a per capita…
December 18, 2024
What Is a Block Grant and How Would It Impact Medicaid?
Mara Youdelman
A block grant is a financing mechanism to dramatically cut Medicaid funding. NHeLP explains how a block grant would…
December 16, 2024
How Medicaid Work Requirements Hurt People with Disabilities
David Machledt
Recent proposals show that Republicans in Congress are once again considering adding work requirements to Medicaid. These policies put…
October 1, 2024
[Webinar] Sizzling Topics in Litigating Medicaid/ADA Cases
Jane Perkins and Geron Gadd
This webinar focuses on some of the major issues arising in Medicaid/ADA litigation--some new issues and some old issues…
July 18, 2024
Q&A on Federal Authorities to Extend Pregnancy Medicaid Coverage
Madeline Morcelle
As the largest payer of pregnancy related care in the U.S. and payer for 65% of Black pregnant peoples’…
June 12, 2024
Fact Sheet Exhaustion, Abstention, Preclusion: Considerations for Filing Fair Hearings
Sarah Somers
Medicaid applicants and beneficiaries have a choice of forum when eligibility or services are denied, terminated, or reduced. They…
April 30, 2024
Medicaid Continuous Coverage Unwinding: Messaging and Outreach Resources
Michelle Yiu
State Medicaid agencies are beginning to unwind the Medicaid continuous coverage provisions enacted in early 2020 to adapt to…
March 12, 2024
DOJ and OCR Complaints: Complaints Filed Against Medicaid Programs in DC and Texas
Elizabeth Edwards, Jane Perkins, and Litigation Team
The National Health Law Program (NHeLP), together with Disability Rights DC at University Legal Services (DRDC) and Disability Rights…
March 8, 2024
NHeLP’s Framing and Language in the Doula Medicaid Project
Michelle Yiu
In recent years, NHeLP has encountered discussions regarding the problematic etymology of the term “doula” as associated with slavery.…
February 21, 2024
Testimony to Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Health Care: Promise and Pitfalls
Elizabeth Edwards
NHeLP submitted written testimony to the February 8, 2024 Senate Finance Committee meeting on AI and health care that…
February 7, 2024
AMICUS: Planned Parenthood of Montana v. Montana, Supreme Court of the State of Montana
Catherine McKee
In 2023, Montana imposed severe restrictions on coverage of abortion services for individuals enrolled in Medicaid. Reproductive health providers…
February 2, 2024
Case Update: Supplemental Complaint file in Rose v. Becerra
Jane Perkins and Catherine McKee
This case update focuses on Rose v. Becerra, which challenges approval of a Section 1115 Medicaid project in Indiana.…
December 6, 2023
Unwinding Call Center Data Shows Ongoing Problems
Michelle Yiu and Elizabeth Edwards
In August 2023, CMS issued letters to states regarding unwinding data metrics as of May 2023, including data on…
November 22, 2023
U.S. v. Florida Case Explainer
Arielle Linsey and Jane Perkins
On July 14, 2023, the Southern District of Florida issued a significant decision in United States v. Florida, a…
November 21, 2023
AMICUS: U.S. v. Florida, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jane Perkins
NHeLP and the amici are pediatric experts and medical associations, a national philanthropic organization committed to advancing health equity,…
September 12, 2023
Medicaid Eligibility in a Time Warp: “Beam Me Up, Scotty-I Think I’ve Been Pickled”
Gordon Bonnyman
Archival article about the Pickle Amendment by Gordon Bonnyman, Staff Attorney and Co-Founder of the Tennessee Justice Center. This…
August 24, 2023
Medicaid Enrollees Challenge Florida’s Failure to Provide Due Process During Unwinding
Miriam Delaney Heard, Sarah Grusin, and Amanda Avery
The National Health Law Program and Florida Health Justice Project filed a lawsuit challenging Florida's unlawful termination of enrollees…

Medicaid Awareness Month Resources

Highlights: What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid?

National Coalition for Gender Justice in Health Policy Calls on Congress to Protect Medicaid

Per Capita Caps vs. Block Grants in Medicaid

What Is a Per Capita Cap and How Would It Impact Medicaid?

What Is a Block Grant and How Would It Impact Medicaid?

How Medicaid Work Requirements Hurt People with Disabilities

[Webinar] Sizzling Topics in Litigating Medicaid/ADA Cases

Fact Sheet Exhaustion, Abstention, Preclusion: Considerations for Filing Fair Hearings

Medicaid Continuous Coverage Unwinding: Messaging and Outreach Resources

DOJ and OCR Complaints: Complaints Filed Against Medicaid Programs in DC and Texas

NHeLP’s Framing and Language in the Doula Medicaid Project

Testimony to Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Health Care: Promise and Pitfalls

AMICUS: Planned Parenthood of Montana v. Montana, Supreme Court of the State of Montana

Case Update: Supplemental Complaint file in Rose v. Becerra

Unwinding Call Center Data Shows Ongoing Problems

U.S. v. Florida Case Explainer

AMICUS: U.S. v. Florida, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Medicaid Eligibility in a Time Warp: “Beam Me Up, Scotty-I Think I’ve Been Pickled”

Medicaid Enrollees Challenge Florida’s Failure to Provide Due Process During Unwinding