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.

April 24, 2018
National Health Law Program Urges HHS to Reject Arizona’s Medicaid Waiver Plan
Jane Perkins
In comments to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), the National Health Law Program explains why…
April 11, 2018
Leading Health Law Scholars Urge Court to Reject KY Medicaid Waiver Project
Jane Perkins
A group of the nation's leading health law scholars is urging the U.S. District Court for the District of…
April 11, 2018
Disability, Senior Rights Groups Urge Court to Reject KY Medicaid Waiver Project
Andy DiAntonio
Justice In Aging, AARP Foundation, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund urge the…
April 10, 2018
NHeLP Comments to HHS on Mississippi Waiver
Andy DiAntonio
In comments to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), the National Health Law Program urges the…
April 10, 2018
NHeLP Comments to HHS on New Mexico Waiver
David Machledt
In comments to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), the National Health Law Program urges the…
April 1, 2018
Stewart v. Azar, Summary Judgement Motion in HHS KY Medicaid Waiver Case
Jane Perkins
The Trump administration's approval of Kentucky's Medicaid waiver project with its onerous work requirements and other legally suspect obstacles…
March 19, 2018
NHeLP Comments to HHS on Kansas’ Sec. 1115 Medicaid Waiver Project
Jane Perkins
In comments to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), National Health Law Program urges the Secretary…
March 17, 2018
NHeLP Comments to HHS on N.C.’s Amended Sec. 1115 Waiver Project
Jane Perkins
In comments to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), National Health Law Program urges the Secretary…
March 8, 2018
Arkansas Waiver Program and Its Adverse Impact on Reproductive Health Services
Candace Gibson and Rachel Holtzman
Work requirement programs in Medicaid are not only legally suspect, but they are nonsensical, undermining the intent of Medicaid…
March 8, 2018
HHS Approves Sec. 1115 Waiver in Arkansas: Effects on People with Disabilities
David Machledt
The "Arkansas Works," Medicaid waiver project approved by Trump's HHS, if implemented, will block thousands of low-income people living…
March 8, 2018
Arkansas’s Sec. 1115 Medicaid Waiver & Its Impact on Health Equity
Mara Youdelman and Rachel Holtzman
The so-called "Arkansas Works" Medicaid waiver scheme recently approved by Trump's HHS is not only legally suspect, but will…
March 6, 2018
Arkansas’s Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver & Its Impact on Health Equity
Mara Youdelman
On March 5, 2018 HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Arkansas. The approved project is effectively a…
March 6, 2018
HHS Approves Harmful Section 1115 Waiver in Arkansas: Effects on People with Disabilities
David Machledt
On March 5, 2018 HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Arkansas. The approved project is effectively a…
March 6, 2018
HHS Approves Harmful Section 1115 Waiver Project in Arkansas
David Machledt
Trump's HHS is pushing states like Arkansas to alter their Medicaid programs in legally suspect ways, such as adding…
February 22, 2018
NHeLP Comments Urge Senate to Safeguard Medicaid in Addressing Opioid Crisis
Andy DiAntonio
The National Health Law Program in comments to the Senate Finance Committee urges lawmakers to support Medicaid and its…
February 15, 2018
State Medicaid Buy-Ins: Implications for Low-Income Enrollees
Jennifer Lav and Héctor Hernández-Delgado
With the Trump administration and Republican-controlled Congress constantly looking for ways to undermine Medicaid and destroy Medicaid Expansion, several…
February 12, 2018
The Personal Stories of Those Affected by Kentucky’s Sec. 1115 Medicaid Waivers
Mara Youdelman
National Health Law Program Managing Attorney of the D.C. office Mara Youdelman details how Kentucky's Sec. 1115 Medicaid waivers…
February 3, 2018
HHS Approves Harmful Section 1115 Waiver Project in Indiana
David Machledt
President Trump's HHS on Feb. 2 approved an extension of Indiana's controversial Medicaid waiver project, which includes even more…
February 1, 2018
HHS Approves 1115 Waiver in Indiana – Harming Medicaid Enrollees
Andy DiAntonio
Earlier today, HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Indiana. The approved project is effectively a cut that…
February 1, 2018
Section 1115 Waiver in Indiana: Effects on People with Disabilities
David Machledt
Earlier today, HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Indiana. The approved project is effectively a cut that…