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 4, 2016
NHeLP Comments: HHS NPRM, Notice of Benefits & Payment Parameters for 2017
Mara Youdelman and dfitzgeraldNHeLP comments on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2017…
- August 5, 2015
State Medicaid Eligibility Policies for Individuals Moving Into and Out of Incarceration
Catherine McKeeConnecting individuals moving into and out of incarceration to health coverage may not only increase their access to care…
- July 20, 2015
State Recommendations to Include Sexuality Education in Health Care Delivery
Jamille FieldsThis brief outlines recommendations that advocates can use to encourage their states to include sexuality education in health care…
- July 13, 2015
Health Advocate: The ACA and LGBT Health
Wayne TurnerIn this month's Health Advocate, NHeLP examines the issue of health care coverage and some of the important gains…
- June 15, 2015
NHeLP Matters – June 2015
dfitzgeraldSummary of recent accomplishments of NHeLP, including implementing the Affordable Care Act, expanding Medicaid and protecting women's health.
- March 10, 2015
NHeLP Matters – March 2015
dfitzgeraldSummary of recent accomplishments of NHeLP including work to end HIV discrimination, protecting court access and Medicaid, and advancing…
- February 23, 2015
MAGI, Streamlined Applications, and Medicaid Family Planning Expansions
Erin Armstrong, External Source, and dfitzgeraldThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires states implement a uniform methodology for determining income - modified adjusted gross income…
- February 6, 2015
Earlier Access to Care for Uninsured Women Living with HIV and the ACA
dfitzgeraldThe Medicaid program has traditionally served as an important safety-net program for low-income women living with HIV/AIDS; however, 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 12, 2015
DRAFT 2016 Letter to Issuers in the Federally-Facilitated Marketplaces
dfitzgeraldNHeLP Comment letter on draft 2016 letter to issues in the Federally-facilitated Marketplaces.
- 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
dfitzgeraldWelcome to the year's final edition of NHeLP Matters. In the past 12 months, we have fought for the…
- September 29, 2014
Comments In Response to Illinois’ Family Planning Action Plan
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- July 2, 2014
Sexuality Education in Health Care Delivery for Medicaid and CHIP-Eligible Youth
Jamille FieldsThis issue brief discusses the health education component of the EPSDT medical screens required for Medicaid and some CHIP-eligible…
- June 18, 2014
NHeLP Matters – June 2014
dfitzgeraldSummary of the recent accomplishments of NHeLP, including protecting informed consent, stopping discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS and fighting…
- May 28, 2014
NHeLP and The AIDS Institute Complaint to HHS Re HIV/AIDS Discrimination by FL
Jane Perkins and Wayne TurnerComplaint to the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS OCR) requesting…
- April 21, 2014
The Transition of People Living with HIV/AIDS from Ryan White-Funded Care to California’s Early Medicaid Expansion Program: Lessons Learned and Looking Ahead
dfitzgeraldIn 2010, the Federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved a California Medicaid waiver (pursuant to §…
- March 20, 2014
NHeLP Matters – March 2014
dfitzgeraldSummary of the recent accomplishments of NHeLP, including a win for Missouri's navigators, health reform implementation and defending women's…
- July 23, 2013
Addressing Adolescent Health: The Role of Medicaid, CHIP, and the ACA
Jina Dhillon and Jane PerkinsThis issue brief describes how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and public programs like Medicaid and the ChildrenÍs Health…