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.
- December 1, 2025
Strengthening the Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Grievance Process
David MachledtIn May 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized regulations meant to improve access to key…
- December 1, 2025
Medicaid Work Requirements: Mitigating Harm through Implementation
David MachledtThis piece provides an overview of the structure of the new Medicaid work requirement and recommends how states can…
- November 20, 2025
Got Your (Work) Number: The Intersection of Medicaid Eligibility Data Sources and Work Requirements
Shandra HartlyEffective data matching will be an integral part of minimizing the harm associated with OBBBA's work requirements. This resource…
- November 5, 2025
UMN School of Public Health Justice in Public Health Series: Reproductive Justice Denied: The Structural Violence of Recent Federal Health Care Cuts
Madeline MorcelleThe University of Minnesota School of Public Health's Justice in Public Health Series invites experts to lead discussions on…
- November 4, 2025
Fact Sheet: Georgia Medicaid Coverage of Sexual and Reproductive Health
Rachel UtzThis fact sheet discusses the sexual and reproductive health services covered by Medicaid in Georgia. It is the first…
- October 30, 2025
Webinar – The Impact of OBBBA on People with Disabilities
Jennifer Lav, Brit Vanneman, and Elizabeth ZirkerThis webinar discusses the impact of OBBBA on people with disabilities, including: Work requirement exemptions and compliance for people…
- October 23, 2025
An Advocate’s Guide to Access Gender-Affirming Care in California
Abigail Coursolle and Skyler RoselliniThis guide is informed by advocates' experience working on cases involving access to gender-affirming care, and it is intended as a…
- October 22, 2025
Presumptive Eligibility and Abortion Access
Cat Duffy and Fabiola De LibanPresumptive eligibility (PE) is a crucial tool states can use to provide expedited pathways to immediate Medicaid coverage for…
- October 21, 2025
An Advocate’s Guide to Access GAC in CA: Chapter 1 Purpose and Goal for this Guide
Abigail Coursolle and Skyler RoselliniThis guide is intended as a resource for health care advocates, non-legal community advocates, legal aid attorneys, TGI individuals…
- October 20, 2025
An Advocate’s Guide to Access GAC in CA: Chapter 7 Cultural Competency
Abigail Coursolle and Skyler RoselliniThis chapter is part of NHeLP’s forthcoming Advocate’s Guide to Accessing Gender-Affirming Care in California. It focuses on cultural…
- October 20, 2025
An Advocate’s Guide to Access GAC in CA: Chapter 6 Outreach and Engagement with the TGI Community
Abigail Coursolle and Skyler RoselliniThis chapter is part of NHeLP’s forthcoming Advocate’s Guide to Accessing Gender-Affirming Care in California. It focuses on outreach…
- October 17, 2025
An Advocate’s Guide to Access GAC in CA: Chapter 4 Common Barriers
Abigail Coursolle and Skyler RoselliniThis chapter is part of NHeLP’s forthcoming Advocate’s Guide to Accessing Gender-Affirming Care in California. It focuses on the…
- October 17, 2025
An Advocate’s Guide to Access GAC in CA: Chapter 3 Types of Coverage
Abigail Coursolle and Skyler RoselliniThis chapter is part of NHeLP’s forthcoming Advocate’s Guide to Accessing Gender-Affirming Care in California. It provides an overview…
- October 17, 2025
An Advocate’s Guide to Access GAC in CA: Chapter 2 Important Terminology & Documents
Abigail Coursolle and Skyler RoselliniThis chapter is part of NHeLP’s forthcoming Advocate’s Guide to Accessing Gender-Affirming Care in California. It focuses on important…
- October 15, 2025
A $50 Billion Band-Aid?: States Considering Rural Health Funding Should Proceed With Caution
Geraldine DoetzerLast month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its one-time application for the Rural Health Transformation Program…
- October 14, 2025
Webinar – Access to Care: Cost Sharing, Premiums, and Retroactive Eligibility
Abigail Coursolle and Héctor Hernández-DelgadoThis webinar will discuss changes introduced by OBBA to the Medicaid Act's cost-sharing, premiums, and retroactive eligibility provisions and…
- September 24, 2025
Interested Parties Advisory Groups: Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement to Ensure Adequate HCBS Payment Rates and Help Strengthen the Direct Care Workforce
Jennifer Lav, Brit Vanneman, and Syd PickernNHeLP in partnership with The Community Living Policy Center (CLPC) developed the following policy brief titled, “Interested Parties Advisory…
- September 17, 2025
Medicaid Financing after OBBBA: State Directed Payments and Provider Taxes
Geraldine DoetzerThe so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (OBBBA) makes changes to complex but crucial Medicaid financing mechanisms that are…
- September 15, 2025
An Advocate’s Guide to Access GAC in CA: Chapter 5 File A Grievance or Appeal
Abigail Coursolle and Skyler RoselliniThis chapter is part of NHeLP’s forthcoming Advocate’s Guide to Accessing Gender-Affirming Care in California. It focuses on the…
- September 8, 2025
Webinar: How to Prepare for Medicaid Work Requirements
Shandra Hartly, David Machledt, and Madeline MorcelleOn July 4th, President Trump signed the so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (OBBBA) into law, enacting the most…
