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 14, 2017
Helping Those on HCBS Waiting Lists: Positive Impacts of the ACA
Elizabeth EdwardsThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Medicaid expansion have helped improve access to home and community-based services (HCBS), as…
- February 10, 2017
Protect Medicaid Funding: Pregnant Women, Issue 11 (Updated March 2017)
Amy ChenCutting the funding of Medicaid, whether through block grants or a per capita caps, will result in yanking vital…
- February 10, 2017
Protect Medicaid Funding: Women Living with HIV, Issue 7 (Updated Feb. 2017)
Jamille Fields and Catherine McKeeCutting the funding of Medicaid whether through block grants or a per capita cap will result in yanking health…
- February 9, 2017
Groups Urge Senate to Block Nomination of Rep. Tom Price to Lead HHS
Andy DiAntonioMore than 80 public interest groups urged the Senate to defeat the nomination of Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) to…
- February 8, 2017
Medicaid and CHIP Reimbursement Models for Language Services
Mara YoudelmanManaging Attorney of the DC Office Mara Youdelman examines the responsibilities of state health providers pursuant to civil right…
- February 7, 2017
Medicaid & the ACA: Vital Tools in Addressing the Opioid Epidemic
Corey Davis and Héctor Hernández-DelgadoThe Affordable Care Act and Medicaid have been "instrumental in increasing access to evidence-based prevention and treatment for people…
- February 2, 2017
Lessons from California: CA Uses Legislation to Defend the ACA and Medicaid
Abbi Coursolle and Andy DiAntonioWith active efforts under way by Republicans in Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Staff Attorney Abbi Coursolle…
- February 1, 2017
Q&A: How Upcoming Efforts to Transform Medicaid Could Affect Abortion Coverage
Catherine McKeeConservative lawmakers in Congress have signaled they will consider fundamental changes to Medicaid, ones that as Staff Attorney Catherine…
- January 31, 2017
Issue Brief: 50 Reasons Medicaid Expansion is Good for Your State
Jane Perkins and Ian McDonaldMedicaid Expansion is reducing health care costs of states, lowering uninsured rates and helping to address and combat health…
- January 25, 2017
Health Advocate: The Year Ahead: Medicaid Works!
Mara YoudelmanWith the Trump administration and lawmakers in the new Congress suggesting they will pursue changing Medicaid through block grants…
- January 12, 2017
Issue Brief: Mental Health Services in Medi-Cal
Kimberly Lewis and Abigail CoursolleFollowing enactment of the Affordable Care Act, California's Medi-Cal, which operates Medicaid in the state, expanded the scope of…
- January 11, 2017
The Importance of National Coverage Standards in Medicaid
Jane Perkins and Catherine McKeeCurrently federal Medicaid law ensures that beneficiaries can access health services that reflect standards of care, write Legal Director…
- January 6, 2017
Is Repeal of ACA a Done Deal? Hardly.
Andy DiAntonioIn a piece for The National Law Journal, NHeLP Board member and former Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, Jr., and…
- December 30, 2016
Lessons from California: Fighting For Medicaid In 2017
Andy DiAntonioCalifornia's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, has significantly bettered the health care of tens of millions of Californians, and any cuts…
- December 26, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Substance and Opioid Use Disorders
Corey Davis and Hector Hernandez-DelgadoThe tenth issue in NHeLP's Protect Medicaid Funding series examines the vital role Medicaid plays in "preventing and treating…
- December 22, 2016
Health Advocate: Delivery System Reform & Medicaid Caps
Leo Cuello and Andy DiAntonioEfforts to cut or cap Medicaid that are being discussed by members of the new Congress and incoming administration…
- December 19, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Enrollment and Continuity, Issue 8 (Updated Feb. 2017)
Leo Cuello and David MachledtMedicaid provides proven, tailored health care coverage for low-income individuals and families. NHeLP's Health Policy Director Leonardo Cuello and…
- December 19, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Health Disparities, Issue 6
Leo Cuello, Deborah Reid, and Amy ChenThis sixth issue in NHeLP's Protect Medicaid Funding series centers on how cutting or capping Medicaid would seriously harm,…
- December 19, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Affordability, Issue 5 (Updated Feb. 2017)
David MachledtThis fifth issue in NHeLP's Protect Medicaid Funding series examines how critical Medicaid is to helping low-income individuals and…
- December 19, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Medicaid Services, Issue 4 (Updated April 2017)
Michelle Lilienfeld, Shyaam Subramanian, and Amy ChenThe fourth issue in NHeLP's Protect Medicaid Funding series examines the dire consequences for the health of tens of…
