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 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 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…
- 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…
- October 16, 2014
Issue Brief: Update on Private Enforcement of the Medicaid Act
Jane PerkinsOver the years, Medicaid beneficiaries have asserted claims under the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution and 42 U.S.C.…
- July 3, 2014
Health Consumer Alliance’s Recommendations on Medi-Cal Application Backlog
Andy DiAntonioThis letter was sent to California Governor Jerry Brown on behalf of advocates in the Health Consumer Alliance regarding…
- June 24, 2014
Medicaid and SCHIP Reimbursement Models for Language Services
Mara YoudelmanIn 2000, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reminded states that they could include language services as…
- June 24, 2014
NHeLP Amicus Brief in Reaching Souls v. Sebelius
Jane PerkinsThe ACA recognizes that preventive health services are critical to individual and community health. It accordingly requires new group…
- June 18, 2014
NHeLP Matters – June 2014
Andy DiAntonioSummary of the recent accomplishments of NHeLP, including protecting informed consent, stopping discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS and fighting…
- June 11, 2014
Background on Upcoming Supreme Court Decision-ACA’s Contraceptive Coverage
Andy DiAntonioThe current round of Affordable Care Act litigation is dominated by cases challenging a requirement that most new health…
- 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…
- 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…
- January 28, 2014
NHeLP Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga
Andy DiAntonioAmicus brief by the National Health Law Program supporting the Affordable Care Act?s (ACA) birth control benefit, urging the…
- January 13, 2014
NHeLP Letter on HR 7 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act
Andy DiAntonioLetter to the House Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice in opposition to H.R. 7 - The No…
- December 19, 2013
Health Advocate: 2013 Case Round Up – What the Courts Decided This Year
Jane PerkinsNHeLP monthly publication. Volume 20 of the Health Advocate offers NHeLP's annual case round up, highlighting cases that were decided…
- 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 4, 2013
NHeLP Comments on Information Regarding Nondiscrimination – Section 1557
Mara YoudelmanComment submitted to the HHS in response to the proposed rule issued on April 5, 2013 regarding standards for…
