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.
- April 21, 2017
Sec. 1115 Waiver Requests: Transparency & Opportunity for Public Comment
Jane Perkins and Catherine McKeeWith HHS Secretary Tom Price open to Section 1115 waivers in Medicaid that could include work requirements, state health…
- April 16, 2017
How Medicaid Expansion Benefits Maternal and Child Health
Amy ChenThe expansion of Medicaid pursuant to the Affordable Care Act has improved "maternal and child health by providing a…
- April 4, 2017
Waivers of Medicaid Requirements – A Quick Review
Jane Perkins and Mara YoudelmanIn a companion piece to Background to Medicaid and Section 1115 of the Social Security Act, Legal Director Jane…
- April 3, 2017
Background to Medicaid and Section 1115 of the Social Security Act
Jane PerkinsHealth and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price has signaled a willingness to allow states to reshape their Medicaid…
- March 23, 2017
AHCA’s Block Grant Option and EPSDT
Jane Perkins and Mara YoudelmanIn an effort to win passage of the so-called American Health Care Act (AHCA), House Republicans continue to add…
- March 22, 2017
Per Capita Caps in Medicaid Under the House Republicans’ ACA Repeal Bill
Mara YoudelmanWithin the House Republicans' so-called American Health Care Act (AHCA) are provisions intended to greatly weaken Medicaid, such as…
- March 22, 2017
Medicaid: Real Insurance with Real Results
Sarah SomersProponents of Republicans' so-called American Health Care Act (AHCA) often attack Medicaid as a weak program that provides inferior…
- March 21, 2017
Medicaid Work Requirements – Legally Suspect
Jane Perkins and Ian McDonaldLegal Director Jane Perkins, and Policy Analyst Ian McDonald detail why adding a work requirement to Medicaid is "legally suspect."…
- March 21, 2017
Medicaid Work Requirements – Not a Healthy Choice
Jane Perkins, Mara Youdelman, and Ian McDonaldIn an effort to win conservative members' support for the Affordable Care Care Act repeal bill, House Republicans have…
- March 20, 2017
Top 10 Changes to Medicaid Under House ACA Repeal Bill: Implications for CA
Michelle Lilienfeld, Abigail Coursolle, Kimberly Lewis, and Alicia EmanuelIn light of the numerous amendments to the ACA repeal bill, the American Health Care Act, NHeLP attorneys have…
- March 16, 2017
Top 10 Changes to Medicaid Under House Republicans’ ACA Repeal Bill
Kim Lewis and Mara YoudelmanThe ACA repeal bill, the so-called American Health Care Act (AHCA), introduced in the Senate in March has been…
- March 14, 2017
EPSDT is Essential
Jane PerkinsNational Health Law Program Legal Director Jane Perkins in this Issue Brief provides information about Medicaid's pediatric standards of coverage…
- March 10, 2017
Medicaid Expansion and the Republicans’ ACA Repeal Bill
Mara YoudelmanHouse Republicans are pushing their "American Health Care Act," as a replacement and reform of the Affordable Care Act…
- March 10, 2017
Medicaid – Fast Facts
Mara YoudelmanWith conservative House Republicans threatening to "reform" Medicaid, you need the facts to understand that reform is not what…
- 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…
- March 3, 2017
NHeLP Letter Urging Transparency of Efforts to Harm Medicaid & Repeal the ACA
Elizabeth G. TaylorIn a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan, Executive Director Elizabeth G. Taylor urges congressional hearings for any measures…
- February 27, 2017
Indiana Medicaid Demonstration Raises Concerns
David MachledtIndiana expanded Medicaid through a demonstration waiver that some have lauded as a "potential model" for other states interested…
- February 24, 2017
Health Advocate: Medicaid Caps: The Threat Below the Surface
Leo Cuello and Andy DiAntonioWith the media focused on congressional and executive efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Republican lawmakers and…
- February 20, 2017
Threats to the Affordable Care Act and Women’s Reproductive Health
Amy ChenIn this fact sheet, Senior Attorney Amy Chen details the provisions of the Affordable Care Act that have helped…
- February 15, 2017
Congressional Plans to Repeal the ACA Will Harm Victims of Black Lung
Sarah SomersAs NPR has recently noted black lung is not a thing of the past, with the numbers of those…
