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 27, 2020
Top Ten List: Reproductive and Sexual Health Care Access in the Time of COVID-19
Madeline Morcelle and Priscilla HuangThe COVID-19 pandemic is exposing and exacerbating pervasive obstacles to sexual health, family planning, prenatal, labor and delivery, postpartum,…
- February 7, 2020
Amicus: Doe v. Trump, Ninth Circuit
Jane Perkins and Sarah GrusinThe National Health Law Program, the American Public Health Association, and 48 other groups filed an amicus brief opposing…
- November 22, 2019
Young v. Azar, D.D.C.
Jane Perkins, Sarah Somers, and Sarah GrusinFour low-income individuals from Michigan enrolled in Medicaid filed a class action lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging its…
- November 19, 2019
Medicaid Abortion Coverage in Arizona
Fabiola CarriónAfter finding that several states violated federal policy requiring reporting waivers in cases of rape, NHeLP partnered with state…
- July 8, 2019
National Health Law Program Amicus Brief, Title X Final Rule Challenges
dfitzgeraldCourt Cases On March 4, 2019 the Trump Administration announced a new final regulation change to the Title X…
- April 3, 2019
Pregnancy, Opioid Use Disorder, and Opioid Agonist Treatment: A Fact Sheet for State-Level Advocates
Rachel HoltzmanThe worsening crisis of opioid-related harm in the U.S. touches all members of society, including pregnant people. People may…
- January 2, 2019
The Ethical & Religious Directives: What the 2018 Update Means for Catholic Hospital Mergers
Hayley Penan and Amy ChenThe Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (ERDs) are directives promulgated by the United States Conference…
- July 31, 2018
National Health Law Program in Comments to HHS Opposes Changes to Title X
Susan Berke FogelIn comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Health law Program strongly opposes…
- December 19, 2017
NHeLP Comments on HHS’ Draft Strategic Plan
Elizabeth G. TaylorThe U.S. Department of of Health and Human Services' "Draft Strategic Plan," falls far short of protecting the nation's…
- December 6, 2017
NHeLP Comments: HHS Rule on Religious Exemption from ACA Birth Control Provision
dfitzgeraldThe Trump administration's effort to weaken, if not destroy, the Affordable Care Act's landmark birth control provision, also includes…
- December 6, 2017
NHeLP Comments: HHS Rule on Moral Exemptions from ACA Birth Control Provision
dfitzgeraldThe Trump administration's "Interim Final Rule for Moral Exemptions and Accommodations" for the Affordable Care Act (ACA)'s contraceptions provision…
- August 11, 2017
Protect Medi-Cal Funding Series, Reproductive Health
Fabiola CarriónCalifornia's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, provides vital and comprehensive reproductive health care for millions of low-income women in the state…
- August 4, 2017
NHeLP Comments on ‘Healthy Texas Women’ Sec. 1115 Waiver Project
Jane PerkinsIn comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NHeLP urges the department to reject Texas' so-called…
- June 29, 2017
Top 10 Threats to Women’s Reproductive Health Under Senate Bill: CA Implications
Amy ChenThe Senate bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and radically slash Medicaid funding threatens California women's access…
- June 26, 2017
Top 10 Threats to Women’s Reproductive Health Under the Senate’s ACA Repeal Bill
Amy ChenThe Senate bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and radically slash Medicaid funding poses serious threats the…
- June 22, 2017
How Per Capita Caps Harm the Prevention and Treatment of New Viruses
dfitzgeraldIf Congress enacts a per capita cap on Medicaid, states will have fewer resources to prevent and treat the…
- May 31, 2017
Briefs on Public Coverage of Family Planning and Abortion Services
dfitzgeraldNHeLP's Reproductive Health Data and Insurance Accountability Project (the Data Project) is releasing a series of Issue Briefs on…
- May 31, 2017
Threats to Women’s Reproductive Health Under the American Health Care Act (AHCA)
Amy ChenThe so-called American Health Care Act (AHCA), pending in the U.S. Senate, would repeal progressive health care reforms brought…
- May 19, 2017
Protect Medi-Cal Funding Series, Women’s Health in California
Amy ChenCalifornia's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, is vital to the health of millions of women in the state, providing access to…
- May 16, 2017
Q&A: Recent Action Undermines Title X Program and Threatens Women’s Health
Catherine McKee and Candace GibsonRecently the Trump administration took action to undermine a federal program that provides access to family planning services that…