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.
- 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…
- July 25, 2018
Flack v. Wisconsin Department of Health Services Preliminary Injunction Decision
Andy DiAntonioThe U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting Wisconsin health officials from…
- July 6, 2018
Groups Urge CMS Action on Kentucky’s Cuts to Medicaid Services
Jane PerkinsCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) should reject the Kentucky governor's "Alternative Benefit Plan (ABP) State Plan Amendment…
- 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.…
- June 19, 2018
Health Care Advocates Amicus Brief in Texas v. United States
Andy DiAntonioFamilies USA, Community Catalyst, National Health Law Program, Center for Public Policy Priorities, and the Center on Budget and…
- June 13, 2018
Fast Facts: Stewart v. Azar Oral Argument
Jane Perkins and Mara YoudelmanWhat you need to know about June 15 oral argument in the federal class action lawsuit from Kentuckians challenging…
- May 24, 2018
Groups File Class Action Against Calif. Over Care of Children with Disabilities
Sarah SomersRepresenting children with disabilities, Disability Rights California, National Health Law Program and Western Center for Law and Poverty today…
- May 15, 2018
Stewart v. Azar: Plaintiffs Reply to Government Motions to Dismiss
Jane PerkinsThe Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has maintained in Stewart v. Azar that nothing…
- April 30, 2018
Flack v. Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Abbi Coursolle and Catherine McKeeTwo transgender Wisconsin residents filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin challenging…
- April 11, 2018
Leading Health Law Scholars Urge Court to Reject KY Medicaid Waiver Project
Jane PerkinsA group of the nation's leading health law scholars is urging the U.S. District Court for the District of…
- April 11, 2018
Disability, Senior Rights Groups Urge Court to Reject KY Medicaid Waiver Project
Andy DiAntonioJustice In Aging, AARP Foundation, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund urge the…
- 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…
- August 3, 2017
Medicaid EPSDT Litigation Trends
Jane PerkinsLegal Director Jane Perkins explores litigation involving Medicaid's Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) program. Perkins provides…
- December 2, 2016
Amicus Brief: Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri v. Mosier
Jane PerkinsNHeLP and other health care and women's advocates filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for…
- May 11, 2016
Fact Sheet: Medicaid EPSDT Litigation – Case Trends (Updated June 2, 2016)
Jane PerkinsThe Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) provisions are among the most specific in the Medicaid Act. Promising…
- March 24, 2016
Amicus Brief: California v. Trump
Andy DiAntonioThe National Health Law Program (NHeLP) filed on October 21, a "friend of the court" brief in federal court…
- March 24, 2016
NHeLP Amicus Brief: Planned Parenthood v. Selig (8th Cir.)
Jane PerkinsBrief of the National Health Law Program, American Public Health Association, Center for Reproductive Rights, National Women's Law Center,…
- March 8, 2016
Class Action Settlement About ALJ Hearing Delays for Medicare Beneficiaries Amended – Fairness Hearing Rescheduled for August 1, 2016
External Source and Andy DiAntonioAn amended notice of proposed settlement of class action and of fairness hearing in the case of Exley v.…
- March 4, 2016
Q&A: Due Process & Medicaid Notice & Hearing Standards
Jane PerkinsMedicaid beneficiaries have constitutional and/or statutory rights when their benefits are denied, reduced, or terminated. This Q&A provides an…
