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 17, 2023
What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid?
Wayne TurnerWith the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, and the implementation of Medicaid expansions and Marketplaces…
- March 13, 2023
NHeLP Comments on the HHS Prior Authorization Proposed Rule (2023)
Wayne Turner, David Machledt, and Sarah SomersIn these comments on the Prior Authorization Proposed Rule, NHeLP urges HHS to go further to curb the abuse…
- February 2, 2023
NHeLP Comments on Essential Health Benefits (EHB) Request for Information (RFI)
Héctor Hernández-Delgado and Wayne TurnerNHeLP submitted comments in response to the HHS' Request for Information (RFI) regarding coverage of Essential Health Benefits (EHB)…
- January 30, 2023
NHeLP Comments on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act;
Wayne TurnerIn these comments on the NBPP 2024 Proposed Rule, NHeLP addresses a number of issues to protect health care…
- November 18, 2022
Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis: The Biden-Harris Administration’s Blueprint
Madeline Morcelle and Amy ChenAccording to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, from 2017–2019, roughly 84 percent of…
- November 8, 2022
NHeLP Comments on Eligibility and Enrollment Proposed
Dania Douglas, Elizabeth Edwards, Alicia Emanuel, Charly Gilfoil, Jennifer Lav, Kimberly Lewis, David Machledt, Sarah Somers, Wayne Turner, and Mara YoudelmanNHeLP submitted comments on the Department of Health and Human Services' Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on streamlining the Medicaid,…
- August 19, 2022
NHeLP Letter to CCIIO Director, Ellen Montz – Re: Request for Modifications to the Federal Prescription Drug and Maternity Care Essential Health Benefit Standards
Wayne Turner, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, and Alexis Robles-FradetDespite improvements in coverage of Essential Health Benefits (EHB) since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, significant gaps…
- July 28, 2022
Essential Health Benefits: Best Practices in Benchmark Selection
Wayne Turner and Héctor Hernández-DelgadoThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) established a comprehensive set of ten Essential Health Benefits (EHB) that most health plans…
- June 9, 2022
NHeLP Comments on Data Collection to Support Eligibility Determinations for Insurance Affordability Programs and Enrollment through Health Insurance Marketplaces, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Program Agencies
Charly GilfoilNHeLP submitted comments asking CMS to add expanded demographic questions to the Healthcare.gov application. The Marketplace Application should capture…
- June 7, 2022
NHeLP Comments on Fixing the Family Glitch
Dania DouglasIRS has proposed a rule that would help improve access to health coverage by correcting the Affordable Care Act's…
- February 11, 2022
NHeLP letter to HHS Sec. Becerra – Re: Advancing Health Equity Through Essential Health Benefits
Wayne Turner, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, and Fabiola CarriónThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) established a comprehensive set of ten Essential Health Benefits (EHB) that most health plans…
- January 27, 2022
NHeLP Comments on Georgia Section 1332 State Innovation Waiver
Mara YoudelmanNHeLP submitted comments during the reopened comment period regarding Georgia's Section 1332 State Innovation Waiver. NHeLP recommends that HHS…
- January 27, 2022
NHeLP Comments on 2023 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters Proposed Rule
Mara Youdelman, Dania Douglas, Wayne Turner, David Machledt, Cathren Cohen, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, Abigail Coursolle, Alicia Emanuel, Elizabeth Edwards, and Charly GilfoilNHeLP submitted comments on a vareity of topics addressed in the annual Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters proposed…
- December 16, 2021
NHeLP Comments on HHS SUNSET Repeal Rule
Dania Douglas and Wayne TurnerIn the HHS SUNSET final rule, HHS sought to retroactively impose a mandatory expiration date on an estimated 18,000…
- August 4, 2021
NHeLP Comments on Public Option RFI
Héctor Hernández-Delgado, Madeline Morcelle, and David MachledtIn comments submitted to the offices of Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. and Senate Patty Murray, NHeLP provided input on…
- June 28, 2021
Closing The Medicaid Coverage Gap: Preventing a Separate and Unequal Result
Madeline MorcelleExpanding Medicaid is an urgent moral, anti-racist, health equity, reproductive justice, and economic imperative. Yet today, policymakers in twelve…
- December 23, 2020
Comments to Georgia 1332 Application
Leonardo CuelloNHeLP comments to GA 1332 application attempting to privatize Marketplace.
- December 23, 2020
Comments to 1332 Guidance (2018)
Leonardo CuelloComments to 2018 CMS Guidance Weakening 1332 Standards.
- December 3, 2020
NHeLP Comments on HHS Regulations Rule (aka SUNSET Rule)
Wayne Turner and Dania DouglasIn the Regulations Rule, HHS seeks to retroactively impose a mandatory expiration date on an estimated 18,000 duly promulgated…
- November 5, 2020
NHeLP Comments on DHS’ Affidavit of Support on Behalf of Immigrants Proposed Rule
Priscilla HuangThe National Health Law Program submited comments in response to proposed changes to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)…