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.
- March 9, 2015
A Guide to Oversight, Transparency, and Accountability in Medicaid Managed Care
David Machledt, Sarah Somers, and Wayne TurnerIn this publication, NHeLP attorneys have drawn upon decades of experience to support stakeholders as they embark on, or…
- March 9, 2015
Essential Health Benefits Update and Advocacy Opportunities
Michelle LilienfeldOn February 20th, 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services issued the Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters…
- February 23, 2015
Comments to Help Shape a Federal Immigration and Refugee Integration Strategy
Erin Armstrong and Andy DiAntonioAs part of President Obama's Immigration Accountability Executive Actions, the administration created the White House Task Force on New…
- February 13, 2015
Health Advocate: Getting Ready for April – Tax Filing Considerations
Wayne TurnerThis edition of the Health Advocate describes the Affordable Care Act's tax filing requirements and offers tips and resources…
- February 13, 2015
Top 10 Takeaways: CBO Report on Medicaid Spending Caps
Andy DiAntonioNHeLP's Top 10 Takeaways from the November 2013 CBO report illustrating why spending caps in Medicaid are a bad…
- February 9, 2015
Top 3 Takeaways: Burr-Hatch-Upton Plan to Replace the ACA
Andy DiAntonioOn February 4, 2015, three Republican legislators released a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Burr-Hatch-Upton…
- January 29, 2015
Lessons from CA: The Seamless Transition from Marketplace to Medicaid
Andy DiAntonioThe Affordable Care Act anticipated that consumers would have to transition from different forms of coverage, such as from…
- January 28, 2015
Amicus Brief of AARP and NHeLP in King v. Burwell, U.S. Supreme Court
Jane Perkins and External SourceAmicus brief of AARP and the National Health Law Program in King v. Burwell supporting the availability of the…
- January 14, 2015
Health Advocate: Our New Year’s Resolutions
Susan Berke Fogel, Jane Perkins, and Mara YoudelmanThis edition of the Health Advocate previews what is ahead in the coming months including the continuing theme of Medicaid…
- January 9, 2015
Letter to HHS Office of Civil Rights on pending HIV discrimination complaint
Jane Perkins and Wayne TurnerThe National Health Law Program and The AIDS Institute (TAI) sent the attached letter to the HHS Office of…
- December 23, 2014
NHeLP Comments Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters
Andy DiAntonioThe document includes NHeLP's comments to a proposed regulation from HHS, titled "Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters." The…
- December 16, 2014
Health Advocate: 2014 Litigation Round Up
Jane PerkinsMore than four years since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law have passed, and yet litigation over…
- December 11, 2014
NHeLP Matters – December 2014
Andy DiAntonioWelcome to the year's final edition of NHeLP Matters. In the past 12 months, we have fought for the…
- December 5, 2014
Comparison of Medi-Cal Benefits and Covered California Essential Health Benefits
Michelle Lilienfeld and Shyaam SubramanianCovered California's second open enrollment period began on November 15, 2014, and Californians must once again navigate the maze…
- November 20, 2014
Lessons from CA: Marketplace Renewals
Andy DiAntonioIn this month's Lessons from California, we review the annual renewal process for Covered California's (California's state marketplace) enrollees…
- November 14, 2014
Health Advocate: Open Enrollment 2 (OE2): What to Expect
Mara YoudelmanThe second open enrollment period begins Nov. 15, 2014. While we are leaps and bounds from the road bumps…
- November 12, 2014
Marketplace MAGI Webinar Part II – Household Composition
Wayne TurnerPart II in a two-part series on rules for determining a consumer's Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI). MAGI applies…
- November 7, 2014
Marketplace MAGI Webinar Part I – Income
Wayne TurnerPart I of a two-part series on rules for determining a consumer's Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI). MAGI applies…
- November 3, 2014
Amicus Brief of AARP Foundation Litigation and NHeLP in Halbig v. Burwell
Andy DiAntonioAmicus brief of AARP Foundation Litigation and NHeLP in Halbig v. Burwell defending the availability of the Affordable Care…
