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 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 25, 2018
NHeLP Urges HHS to Reject Plan to Weaken Medicaid Equal Access Provisions
Andy DiAntonioNational Health Law Program in comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services urges the rejection of…
- 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 22, 2018
National Health Law Program Urges HHS to Reject Arizona’s Retroactive Waiver
Jane PerkinsNational Health Law Program urges the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary to reject a Sec. 1115…
- 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 24, 2018
National Health Law Program Urges HHS to Reject Arizona’s Medicaid Waiver Plan
Jane PerkinsIn comments to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), the National Health Law Program explains why…
- April 18, 2018
Policy Implications of Repealing the IMD Exclusion
Jennifer LavFederal and state policymakers are urging a repeal of a provision of the Medicaid Act that encourages states to…
- 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…
- March 16, 2018
Q&A Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act: Protections for Transgender Individuals
Jennifer LavA recent federal court injunction has undermined the Affordable Care Act's provisions intended to end discrimination of transgender individuals…
- March 8, 2018
Arkansas Waiver Program and Its Adverse Impact on Reproductive Health Services
Candace Gibson and Rachel HoltzmanWork requirement programs in Medicaid are not only legally suspect, but they are nonsensical, undermining the intent of Medicaid…
- March 8, 2018
HHS Approves Sec. 1115 Waiver in Arkansas: Effects on People with Disabilities
David MachledtThe "Arkansas Works," Medicaid waiver project approved by Trump's HHS, if implemented, will block thousands of low-income people living…
- March 8, 2018
Arkansas’s Sec. 1115 Medicaid Waiver & Its Impact on Health Equity
Mara Youdelman and Rachel HoltzmanThe so-called "Arkansas Works" Medicaid waiver scheme recently approved by Trump's HHS is not only legally suspect, but will…
- March 6, 2018
Arkansas’s Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver & Its Impact on Health Equity
Mara YoudelmanOn March 5, 2018 HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Arkansas. The approved project is effectively a…
- March 6, 2018
HHS Approves Harmful Section 1115 Waiver in Arkansas: Effects on People with Disabilities
David MachledtOn March 5, 2018 HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Arkansas. The approved project is effectively a…
- March 6, 2018
HHS Approves Harmful Section 1115 Waiver Project in Arkansas
David MachledtTrump's HHS is pushing states like Arkansas to alter their Medicaid programs in legally suspect ways, such as adding…
- February 22, 2018
NHeLP Comments Urge Senate to Safeguard Medicaid in Addressing Opioid Crisis
Andy DiAntonioThe National Health Law Program in comments to the Senate Finance Committee urges lawmakers to support Medicaid and its…
- February 15, 2018
State Medicaid Buy-Ins: Implications for Low-Income Enrollees
Jennifer Lav and Héctor Hernández-DelgadoWith the Trump administration and Republican-controlled Congress constantly looking for ways to undermine Medicaid and destroy Medicaid Expansion, several…
