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.
- December 6, 2018
National Health Law Program Template for Public Charge Comments on DHS Proposed Rule Change
Andy DiAntonioThe Department of Homeland Security's proposed effort to radically remake a longstanding immigration law and turn it into a…
- November 7, 2018
Comments to DHS Regarding Indefinite Detention of Immigrant Children
Jennifer Lav, Priscilla Huang, Alicia Emanuel, and Amy ChenThe National Health Law Program urges the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Health and Human…
- November 6, 2018
Gresham v. Azar : Amended Complaint (Legal Pleading)
Jane Perkins, Catherine McKee, and Elizabeth EdwardsThe amended complaint in Gresham v. Azar, which includes more plaintiffs, noting that more than 8,400 people have lost…
- October 19, 2018
Amicus: Tennessee v. U.S. Department of State, Sixth Circuit
Sarah GrusinTennessee challenged the federal Medicaid statute’s requirement to provide Medicaid coverage to refugees as unconstitutionally coercive. Our amicus brief…
- September 27, 2018
DHS’ Proposed Rule: What May Change with Public Charge?
Mara YoudelmanThe Department of Homeland Security is proposing a radical change to the longstanding immigration "public charge" provision, which impacts…
- September 18, 2018
National Health Law Program: Comments on Sterilization Consent Form
Priscilla Huang and Candace GibsonEstablished in the 1970s, the Medicaid Consent for Sterilization policy was, and remains, a much-needed protection against coercive sterilization…
- September 10, 2018
Health Care Coverage for Pregnant and Parenting Teens in California
Amy ChenIntroductionTeens who become pregnant face a different set of challenges when accessing and receiving health care services as compared…
- September 5, 2018
Q&A on Pregnant Women’s Coverage Under Medicaid and the ACA
Amy ChenIntroductionAccess to affordable and high-quality comprehensive health care services during pregnancy has long depended on what type of health…
- August 22, 2018
Advocate’s Guide to MAGI (Updated Guide for 2018)
Wayne TurnerNational Health Law Program's updated Advocate's Guide to MAGIaddresses changes to MAGI under the Republican tax plan enacted in 2017,…
- July 27, 2018
Civil, Human Rights Groups’ Amicus Brief in 2020 Census Case, San Jose v. U.S.
Jane PerkinsA broad array of civil and human rights groups filed an amicus brief in San Jose and Black Alliance…
- July 27, 2018
Civil and Human Rights Groups’ Amicus Brief in 2020 Census Case (CA v. U.S. )
Jane PerkinsAn array of advocacy groups filed an amicus brief in California v. Ross, siding with Calif. Attorney General Xavier…
- June 19, 2018
Civil and Human Rights Groups’ Amicus Brief in 2020 Census Case
Andy DiAntonioMore than 140 advocacy groups filed an amicus brief siding with New York's federal court challenge to the U.S.…
- May 18, 2018
AMICUS: United States v. California
Andy DiAntonioThe National Health Law Program filed a "friend of the court" brief on behalf of the organization, and 42…
- May 18, 2018
Amicus: United States v. California, Eastern District of California, 9th Circuit
Litigation Team and Andy DiAntonioThe National Health Law Program submitted an amicus brief on behalf of the organization, and 42 other legal health…
- April 1, 2018
Stewart v. Azar, Summary Judgement Motion in HHS KY Medicaid Waiver Case
Jane PerkinsThe Trump administration's approval of Kentucky's Medicaid waiver project with its onerous work requirements and other legally suspect obstacles…
- March 26, 2018
NHeLP Comments to HHS on Proposal for Religious Groups and Health Services
Priscilla HuangIn comments to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), National Health Law Program urges it to…
- December 19, 2017
NHeLP Comments on HHS’ Draft Strategic Plan
Elizabeth G. Taylor and Andy DiAntonioThe U.S. Department of of Health and Human Services' "Draft Strategic Plan," falls far short of protecting the nation's…
- 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…
- May 31, 2017
Briefs on Public Coverage of Family Planning and Abortion Services: Reproductive Health Care Coverage in Medi-Cal
Andy DiAntonioNHeLP's Reproductive Health Data and Insurance Accountability Project (the Data Project) is releasing a series of Issue Briefs on…
- March 6, 2017
Evaluating Medicaid Block Grant & Per Capita Cap Proposals
Mara YoudelmanAs Congress moves forward with consideration of policies to dramatically limit the funding structure of Medicaid, NHeLP Managing Attorney…
