Medicaid Awareness Month Resources

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.

February 3, 2018
HHS Approves Harmful Section 1115 Waiver Project in Indiana
David Machledt
President Trump's HHS on Feb. 2 approved an extension of Indiana's controversial Medicaid waiver project, which includes even more…
February 1, 2018
HHS Approves 1115 Waiver in Indiana – Harming Medicaid Enrollees
Andy DiAntonio
Earlier today, HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Indiana. The approved project is effectively a cut that…
February 1, 2018
Section 1115 Waiver in Indiana: Effects on People with Disabilities
David Machledt
Earlier today, HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Indiana. The approved project is effectively a cut that…
February 1, 2018
Indiana’s Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver & Its Impact on Health Equity
Mara Youdelman
Earlier today, HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Indiana. The approved project is effectively a cut that…
January 31, 2018
Fact Sheet: Mental Health Parity Compliance in Medicaid
Abbi Coursolle and Elizabeth Edwards
Federal laws enacted by Congress mandate that health insurers provide care and treatment of mental health conditions and substance…
January 26, 2018
Sec. 1115 Waiver Tracking Chart
Sarah Grusin
Sec. 1115 of the Social Security Act allows the Secretary of HHS to waive some requirements of the Medicaid…
January 24, 2018
Summary of Lawsuit Filed Against HHS Approval of Kentucky Waivers
Leo Cuello, Jane Perkins, and Catherine McKee
On January 12, 2018 the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) approved numerous section 1115 waivers in Kentucky…
January 24, 2018
Stewart v. Hargan, Lawsuit Challenging Kentucky Medicaid Waiver Project
Andy DiAntonio
Representing 15 Medicaid beneficiaries in Kentucky, the National Health Law Program (NHeLP), the Kentucky Equal Justice Center (KEJC), and…
January 12, 2018
Harmful Section 1115 Waiver in Kentucky: Effects on People with Disabilities
David Machledt
Earlier today, HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Kentucky. The approved project is effectively a cut that…
January 12, 2018
HHS Approves 1115 Waiver in Kentucky – Harming Medicaid Enrollees Who Need Reproductive Health Services
Andy DiAntonio
Earlier today, HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Kentucky. The approved project is effectively a cut that…
January 12, 2018
Kentucky’s Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver and Its Impact on Health Equity
Mara Youdelman
Earlier today, HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Kentucky. The approved project is effectively a cut that…
January 11, 2018
NHeLP Letter to CMS Regarding Work Requirements
Jane Perkins
In an unprecedented move, HHS issued a letter announcing its intention to approve state requests to impose work requirements…
December 13, 2017
NHeLP Comments on Massachusetts’ Amended Sec. 1115 Waiver Project
Jane Perkins
In comments to the U.S. Department of of Health and Human Services (HHS), NHeLP urges it to reject Massachusetts'…
December 12, 2017
NHeLP Comments to HHS on New Hampshire’s Amended Medicaid Waiver Project
Jane Perkins
In comments to the U.S. Department of of Health and Human Services (HHS), NHeLP urges it to reject New…
December 8, 2017
2018 Screening for Medicaid Eligibility under the Pickle Amendment
Andy DiAntonio
With help from Gordon Bonnyman from the Tennessee Justice Center, NHeLP provides the updated 2018 - A Quick and Easy…
October 3, 2017
NHeLP Comments on Utah’s Sec. 1115 Waiver Project
Jane Perkins
In comments to the U.S. Department of of Health and Human Services (HHS), NHeLP urges it to reject proposed…
September 28, 2017
NHeLP Comments on Massachusetts’ Sec. 1115 Waiver Project
Jane Perkins
In comments to the U.S. Department of of Health and Human Services (HHS), NHeLP urges it to reject Massachusetts'…
September 27, 2017
NHeLP Comments on Maine’s Sec. 1115 Waiver Project
Jane Perkins
In comments to the U.S. Department of of Health and Human Services (HHS), NHeLP urges it to reject Maine's…
September 26, 2017
NHeLP Comments on Iowa’s Amended Sec. 1115 Waiver Project
Jane Perkins
In comments to the U.S. Department of of Health and Human Services (HHS), NHeLP urges the department to reject…
September 25, 2017
NHeLP Statement to U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Graham-Cassidy Proposal
Andy DiAntonio
NHeLP submitted a statement for the record to the U.S. Senate Committee On Finance for its Sept. 25 "Hearing…