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 10, 2021
NHeLP AHRQ Comments
Elizabeth Edwards, David Machledt, Skyler Rosellini, and Liz McCaman TaylorIn these comments, NHeLP responds to a request for information from AHRQ regarding the use of clinical algorithms that…
- December 8, 2020
Testimony on the Hyde Amendment before the House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Madeline MorcelleThe National Health Law Program (NHeLP) submitted this testimony to the House Committee on Appropriations’ Subcommittee on Labor, Health…
- October 19, 2020
What Public Charge Means for Reproductive Justice
Priscilla Huang and Madeline MorcelleUpdate: As of March 9, 2021, the Trump-era public charge regulations are no longer in effect. The Biden administration published…
- July 16, 2020
June Medical Services v. Russo and the Work that Remains for Underserved Populations
Fabiola Carrión and Abigail CoursolleOn June 29th, the Supreme Court ruled in June Medical Services vs. Russo that Louisiana’s admitting privileges law is…
- May 27, 2020
Top Ten List: Reproductive and Sexual Health Care Access in the Time of COVID-19
Madeline Morcelle and Priscilla HuangThe COVID-19 pandemic is exposing and exacerbating pervasive obstacles to sexual health, family planning, prenatal, labor and delivery, postpartum,…
- February 18, 2020
Comments on HHS Proposed Rule on Religiously-Affiliated Providers
Wayne TurnerHHS is attempting to roll back important protections for individuals seeking services from religiously-affiliated providers in a rulemaking it…
- February 7, 2020
Amicus: Doe v. Trump, Ninth Circuit
Jane Perkins and Sarah GrusinThe National Health Law Program, the American Public Health Association, and 48 other groups filed an amicus brief opposing…
- December 19, 2019
NHeLP Comments on HHS License to Discriminate Proposed Rule
Wayne TurnerEarlier this year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) granted South Carolina’s federally funded Title IV-E…
- November 22, 2019
Young v. Azar, D.D.C.
Jane Perkins, Sarah Somers, and Sarah GrusinFour low-income individuals from Michigan enrolled in Medicaid filed a class action lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging its…
- July 19, 2019
Webinar: Final Conscience Regulation – Does the New HHS Rule Promote Injustice?
Susan Berke FogelOn May 2, 2019, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the final version of its conscience…
- June 21, 2019
Medicaid as an LGBTQ Reproductive Justice Issue: A Primer
Candace Gibson and Priscilla HuangThe reproductive justice framework is rooted in the belief that all individuals and communities should have the resources and…
- June 12, 2019
Webinar: Trump’s Proposed Rollback of the ACA’s Nondiscrimination Protections
Candace Gibson, Wayne Turner, and Mara YoudelmanAt the end of May the Trump administration released a proposed regulation that would undermine or eliminate key protections…
- June 4, 2019
Protections for LGBTQ People with Behavioral Health Needs
Abigail CoursolleDespite progress in breaking down discrimination against LGBTQ people seeking access to quality health care, the current administration and…
- June 4, 2019
Q&A: Proposed Rollback of Nondiscrimination Protections Under the ACA’s Section 1557
Wayne Turner and Candace GibsonIn courts and through regulatory action, the administration is vigorously working to dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA). On…
- January 2, 2019
The Ethical & Religious Directives: What the 2018 Update Means for Catholic Hospital Mergers
Hayley Penan and Amy ChenThe Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (ERDs) are directives promulgated by the United States Conference…
- December 21, 2018
Comments Urging HIV Prevention Drug be Designated an ACA “A” Recommended Service
Wayne Turner and Liz McCaman TaylorPeople who are at risk for HIV can prevent infection by taking a daily medication - Pre Exposure Prophylaxis…
- November 29, 2018
National Health Law Program Analysis of California’s Conditional Merger of Catholic Hospitals
Amy ChenSenior Attorney Amy Chen provides analysis of the California Department of Justice's recent conditioned approval of Catholic health care…
- 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…
- September 27, 2018
Health and Civil Rights Groups’ Comments on Calif. Proposed Merger of Catholic Health Systems
dfitzgeraldThe National Health Law Program along with more than 20 health, civil and human rights groups, filed comments with…