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.
- 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 De LibanThe 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 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)…
- September 14, 2020
NHeLP comments on HHS Proposed Rule on Guidance
Wayne Turner and Dania DouglasGuidance documents are a valuable tool that allows agencies to clarify policy issues and explain ambiguities raised by the…
- July 7, 2020
NHeLP Again Opposes Implementation of Double Billing Rule, Particularly During Pandemic
Fabiola De LibanAs conveyed in our comments to the proposed rule, the National Health Law Program strongly opposes the implementation of…
- June 19, 2020
HHS Eliminates or Weakens Regulatory Protections Against Discrimination in Health Care
Wayne Turner, Mara Youdelman, and Madeline MorcelleAs part of its ongoing attacks on health care and civil rights, the Trump administration recently finalized drastic changes…
- December 21, 2018
Comments Urging HIV Prevention Drug be Designated an ACA “A” Recommended Service
Wayne Turner and Liz McCaman TaylorPeople who are at risk for HIV can prevent infection by taking a daily medication - Pre Exposure Prophylaxis…
- September 10, 2018
Health Care Coverage for Pregnant and Parenting Teens in California
Amy ChenIntroductionTeens who become pregnant face a different set of challenges when accessing and receiving health care services as compared…
- May 9, 2018
Step Guide to Updating States’ Essential Health Benefits Benchmark Plans
Hayley PenanA step-by-step guide for state health care advocates to fight for robust coverage of the Affordable Care Act's Essential…
- January 29, 2018
NHeLP Comments to ASPE
Wayne TurnerNHeLP submitted comments to the Request for Information posted by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant…
