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.
- June 30, 2017
Protect Medi-Cal Funding, Women Living with HIV
Andy DiAntonioCalifornia's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, covers nearly 30,000 Californians living with HIV. Women living with HIV are disproportionately women of…
- February 10, 2017
Protect Medicaid Funding: Women Living with HIV, Issue 7 (Updated Feb. 2017)
Jamille Fields and Catherine McKeeCutting the funding of Medicaid whether through block grants or a per capita cap will result in yanking health…
- January 11, 2017
Ten Ways the Affordable Care Act Helps Older Adults and People with Disabilities
David MachledtNHeLP Senior Policy Analyst David Machledt provides a succinct examination of the ways the Affordable Care Act is improving the…
- August 18, 2016
Letters to Walgreens & SSM Health Medical Group
Amy ChenIn letters to Walgreens and Catholic-sponsored SSM Health Medical Group, NHeLP and the ACLU of Illinois, ACLU of Missouri…
- July 18, 2016
Issue Brief: Why Are Medicaid Lock-in Programs Used and How Can They Be Improved
Jane PerkinsIn this Issue Brief, Legal Director Jane Perkins explains what Medicaid lock-in programs are, what are the legal requirements…
- January 4, 2016
NHeLP Comments: HHS NPRM, Notice of Benefits & Payment Parameters for 2017
Mara YoudelmanNHeLP 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 Fields and Andy DiAntonioThis 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…
- March 10, 2015
NHeLP Matters – March 2015
Andy DiAntonioSummary 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 Andy DiAntonioThe 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
Andy DiAntonioThe 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 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…
- July 2, 2014
Sexuality Education in Health Care Delivery for Medicaid and CHIP-Eligible Youth
Jamille Fields and Andy DiAntonioThis issue brief discusses the health education component of the EPSDT medical screens required for Medicaid and some CHIP-eligible…
