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.
- May 14, 2014
Health Advocate: Special Enrollment Periods
Andy DiAntonioOver 8 million people are now covered by health insurance thanks to open enrollment in the federal and state…
- April 29, 2014
Lessons from CA: Exchange Eligibility Appeals under the Affordable Care
Andy DiAntonioSection 1411(f) of the Affordable Care Act requires the HHS Secretary to establish an appeals process related to eligibility…
- April 21, 2014
Health Advocate: Medicaid Estate Recovery
Michelle LilienfeldWhat happens to an estate when someone on Medicaid passes away? Can children still recover a home owned by…
- March 31, 2014
Lessons from CA: Pediatric Dental Coverage in the Exchange
Andy DiAntonioThe Affordable Care Act requires that all plans in the Marketplace and non-grandfathered plans in the individual and small…
- March 20, 2014
CA Advocates’ Letter & Policy Paper: Pediatric Dental Benefits in the Exchange
Kim Lewis and Michelle LilienfeldCA advocates' letter and policy paper urging the CA Exchange Board to adopt a pediatric dental benefit policy that…
- March 20, 2014
NHeLP Matters – March 2014
Andy DiAntonioSummary of the recent accomplishments of NHeLP, including a win for Missouri's navigators, health reform implementation and defending women's…
- March 20, 2014
CA Advocates’ Support Exchange Staff Pediatric Dental Recommendation
Kim Lewis and Michelle LilienfeldCA advocates' letter urging the CA Exchange Board to adopt Exchange staff's recommendation to offer pediatric dental benefits through…
- March 18, 2014
Health Advocate: Medicaid Expansion and Premium Assistance
Andy DiAntonioThis issue of the Health Advocate covers how states are implementing the Medicaid expansion authorized by the ACA using…
- March 18, 2014
NHeLP Comments to 2015 Letter to Issuers in FFMs
Andy DiAntonioThese are NHeLP comments to the 2015 Letter to Issuers in a federally-facilitated marketplace. The comment addresses topics such…
- February 24, 2014
NHeLP Comments to OMB on Proposed Exemption Forms from Shared Responsibility Requirement
Andy DiAntonioNHeLP's comments on draft application forms for individuals to seek an exemption from the shared responsibility requirement under the…
- February 20, 2014
Covered California Qualified Health Plan Application for New Entrants and Renewal Application
Andy DiAntonioThe National Health Law Program and the Western Center on Law & Poverty are pleased to present our input…
- February 7, 2014
Webinar: The World According To MAGI
Byron Gross and Wayne TurnerAs of January 1, 2014, states must use the new Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) methodology to determine eligibility…
- January 29, 2014
Advocates Comments on California’s Paper Application
Andy DiAntonioRecommendations and Comments from a coalition of consumer advocates in California on Aug 13 draft version of California's streamlined…
- January 28, 2014
NHeLP Comments on Identity Verification
Sonal Ambegaokar and Andy DiAntonioNHeLP Comments to Covered California This letter to Covered California outlines potential enrollment barriers for vulnerable populations who apply…
- December 13, 2013
Health Advocate: Countdown to Open Enrollment 2013
Mara YoudelmanWhen President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law, open enrollment was 3 years,…
- December 13, 2013
Health Advocate: Health Reform in CA: Lessons Learned from a Leader State
Kim Lewis and Andy DiAntonioWith fewer than 200 days left before uninsured Americans can begin enrolling in ObamaCare, California (CA) is in front…
- December 13, 2013
Health Advocate: NHeLP’s 2013 Resolutions and Expectations
Mara YoudelmanThe ball has dropped, the confetti has been swept up, and the noisemakers packed away until next year. But…
- December 2, 2013
Health Advocate: Due Process
Kim Lewis and Sarah SomersNHeLP monthly publication. Volume 19 of the Health Advocate describes the due process requirements governing the Exchanges and changes…
