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.
- August 6, 2026
State-mandated benefits and ACA defrayal obligations
Héctor Hernández-Delgado and Wayne TurnerStates have historically addressed gaps in health care coverage by requiring insurers to cover specific benefits. However, under the…
- July 29, 2026
Timeline Charts of Changes to Medi-Cal and Covered California Under OBBBA and the California Budget
Skyler Rosellini and Alicia EmanuelH.R. 1, also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” (OBBBA) cuts approximately $1 trillion from Medicaid which…
- July 15, 2026
NHeLP Comments on Essential Health Benefits (EHB) RFI
Héctor Hernández-Delgado, Wayne Turner, Shandra Hartly, and Alexis Robles-FradetThe essential health benefits (EHB) are an important protection in the Affordable Care Act to ensure that health plans…
- August 21, 2025
Eligibility and Enrollment Provisions in OBBBA
Katy DeBriere, Shandra Hartly, and Jules LutabaThe so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act, hereinafter referred to as “OBBBA”, negatively impacts eligibility and enrollment for Medicaid…
- August 21, 2025
Changes to Medi-Cal and Covered California Under the OBBBA and the CA Budget
California Policy TeamH.R. 1, also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” (OBBBA) cuts approximately $1 trillion from Medicaid which…
- August 13, 2025
The Marketplace Final Rule Rolls Back Access to Marketplace Coverage and Affordability
Geraldine Doetzer, Alicia Emanuel, Shandra Hartly, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, and Wayne TurnerOn June 20, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized a marketplace rule, hereinafter referred to…
- August 13, 2025
Budget Reconciliation Act Implementation Dates For Select Medicaid & Health Provisions
Geraldine DoetzerThis chart identifies implementation dates for select health provisions of the Senate engrossed version of the budget reconciliation bill…
- August 13, 2025
Budget Reconciliation Act Implementation Dates, Funding, and Authorities for Medicaid & Select Health Provisions
Geraldine DoetzerThese charts provide information about the implementation and funding for select health provisions of the enrolled version of the…
- July 15, 2024
Coalition Letter on California’s Essential Health Benefits Benchmarking
Héctor Hernández-DelgadoCalifornia is currently in the process of evaluating the State's Essential Health Benefits benchmark plan. In response to a…
- July 11, 2024
NHeLP Letter to CCIIO on DC EHB Procedural Defect
Wayne Turner and Héctor Hernández-DelgadoNHeLP urges the HHS Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) to reject the District of Columbia's recent…
- June 5, 2024
[Webinar] Essential Health Benefits (EHBs) – an Overview
Wayne Turner and Héctor Hernández-DelgadoNHeLP attorneys provide an overview of Essential Health Benefits(EHBs) and how these minimum coverage standards protect access to care…
- May 20, 2024
[Webinar] Medicaid Advisory Committees: Regulatory Changes and Challenges
Wayne Turner and Daniel YoungAlthough MCACs have been federally required for nearly 40 years, some states have seriously underutilized this important opportunity to…
- May 9, 2024
Questions and Answers on the 2024 Final Rule Addressing Nondiscrimination Protections under the ACA’s Section 1557
Mara Youdelman, Madeline Morcelle, Wayne Turner, and Jennifer LavThe Biden Administration finalized updates to the regulations implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. Section 1557 prohibits…
- May 8, 2024
[Webinar] Changes to the Essential Health Benefits in the 2025 NBPP
Wayne Turner and Héctor Hernández-DelgadoHHS recently finalized the Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2025, which contains significant changes to the Essential…
- April 30, 2024
Medicaid Continuous Coverage Unwinding: Messaging and Outreach Resources
Michelle YiuState 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 TeamThe 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 YiuIn 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 EdwardsNHeLP 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 McKeeIn 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 McKeeThis case update focuses on Rose v. Becerra, which challenges approval of a Section 1115 Medicaid project in Indiana.…
