Medicaid Awareness Month Resources

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.

January 9, 2026
Case Explainer: Chianne D. v. Harris
Amanda Avery, Katy DeBriere, Sarah Grusin, and Miriam Delaney Heard
On January 6, 2026, a federal court handed down a major victory for Medicaid enrollees in Florida in the…
October 1, 2024
[Webinar] Sizzling Topics in Litigating Medicaid/ADA Cases
Jane Perkins and Geron Gadd
This webinar focuses on some of the major issues arising in Medicaid/ADA litigation--some new issues and some old issues…
April 30, 2024
Medicaid Continuous Coverage Unwinding: Messaging and Outreach Resources
Michelle Yiu
State Medicaid agencies are beginning to unwind the Medicaid continuous coverage provisions enacted in early 2020 to adapt to…
March 12, 2024
DOJ and OCR Complaints: Complaints Filed Against Medicaid Programs in DC and Texas
Elizabeth Edwards, Jane Perkins, and Litigation Team
The National Health Law Program (NHeLP), together with Disability Rights DC at University Legal Services (DRDC) and Disability Rights…
March 8, 2024
NHeLP’s Framing and Language in the Doula Medicaid Project
Michelle Yiu
In recent years, NHeLP has encountered discussions regarding the problematic etymology of the term “doula” as associated with slavery.…
February 21, 2024
Testimony to Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Health Care: Promise and Pitfalls
Elizabeth Edwards
NHeLP submitted written testimony to the February 8, 2024 Senate Finance Committee meeting on AI and health care that…
February 7, 2024
AMICUS: Planned Parenthood of Montana v. Montana, Supreme Court of the State of Montana
Catherine McKee
In 2023, Montana imposed severe restrictions on coverage of abortion services for individuals enrolled in Medicaid. Reproductive health providers…
February 2, 2024
Case Update: Supplemental Complaint file in Rose v. Becerra
Jane Perkins and Catherine McKee
This case update focuses on Rose v. Becerra, which challenges approval of a Section 1115 Medicaid project in Indiana.…
December 6, 2023
Unwinding Call Center Data Shows Ongoing Problems
Michelle Yiu and Elizabeth Edwards
In August 2023, CMS issued letters to states regarding unwinding data metrics as of May 2023, including data on…
November 22, 2023
U.S. v. Florida Case Explainer
Arielle Linsey and Jane Perkins
On July 14, 2023, the Southern District of Florida issued a significant decision in United States v. Florida, a…
November 21, 2023
AMICUS: U.S. v. Florida, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jane Perkins
NHeLP and the amici are pediatric experts and medical associations, a national philanthropic organization committed to advancing health equity,…
August 24, 2023
Medicaid Enrollees Challenge Florida’s Failure to Provide Due Process During Unwinding
Miriam Delaney Heard, Sarah Grusin, and Amanda Avery
The National Health Law Program and Florida Health Justice Project filed a lawsuit challenging Florida's unlawful termination of enrollees…
August 22, 2023
LGBTQ+ Unwinding Fact Sheets for Medi-Cal and Medicaid
Skyler Rosellini and Michelle Yiu
In partnership with Equality California and its affiliate Silver State Equality, the National Health Law Program created two fact…
August 11, 2023
Medicaid Eligibility Call Centers: Questions for LEP & Disability Access
Elizabeth Edwards and Mara Youdelman
Call centers are often the primary way that Medicaid enrollees interact with the Medicaid agency. During the unwinding of…
August 3, 2023
Recent Filing in Lawsuit Describes Medicaid Unwinding Harms in Tennessee
Sarah Grusin and Elizabeth Edwards
Medicaid enrollees in Tennessee filed a lawsuit challenging the bureaucratic maze they have to navigate when trying to renew…
August 1, 2023
Case Explainer: Health & Hospital System of Marion Co., Indiana v. Talevski
Jane Perkins
In Health and Hospital System of Marion County, Indiana v. Talevski, the Supreme Court addressed whether provisions of federal…
May 30, 2023
Trends in State Medicaid Continuous Coverage Unwinding Plans
Cassandra LaRose
As part of the Medicaid continuous coverage unwinding, states were required to create plans to describe how they will…
February 15, 2023
Delegation of Rulemaking Authority in Light of the “Major Questions Doctrine”
Jane Perkins and Erica Turret*
In West Virginia v. EPA, the Supreme Court addressed a “particular and recurring problem: agencies asserting highly consequential power…
June 11, 2021
Demanding Ascertainable Standards: Medicaid as a Case Study
Jane Perkins
State Medicaid agencies and their contractors are increasingly relying on preset guidelines or assessment tools or both to make…
May 26, 2021
Wit v. United Behavioral Health Care, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Abigail Coursolle, Elizabeth Edwards, and Ian McDonald
National Health Law Program (NHeLP), the Center for Health Law & Policy Innovation at Harvard Law School and 26…

Medicaid Awareness Month Resources

Case Explainer: Chianne D. v. Harris

[Webinar] Sizzling Topics in Litigating Medicaid/ADA Cases

Medicaid Continuous Coverage Unwinding: Messaging and Outreach Resources

DOJ and OCR Complaints: Complaints Filed Against Medicaid Programs in DC and Texas

NHeLP’s Framing and Language in the Doula Medicaid Project

Testimony to Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Health Care: Promise and Pitfalls

AMICUS: Planned Parenthood of Montana v. Montana, Supreme Court of the State of Montana

Case Update: Supplemental Complaint file in Rose v. Becerra

Unwinding Call Center Data Shows Ongoing Problems

U.S. v. Florida Case Explainer

AMICUS: U.S. v. Florida, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Medicaid Enrollees Challenge Florida’s Failure to Provide Due Process During Unwinding

LGBTQ+ Unwinding Fact Sheets for Medi-Cal and Medicaid

Medicaid Eligibility Call Centers: Questions for LEP & Disability Access

Recent Filing in Lawsuit Describes Medicaid Unwinding Harms in Tennessee

Case Explainer: Health & Hospital System of Marion Co., Indiana v. Talevski

Trends in State Medicaid Continuous Coverage Unwinding Plans

Delegation of Rulemaking Authority in Light of the “Major Questions Doctrine”

Demanding Ascertainable Standards: Medicaid as a Case Study

Wit v. United Behavioral Health Care, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit