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.
- July 23, 2013
Q&A: The Supreme Court’s Decision on the ACA’s Medicaid Expansion
Jane Perkins and Sarah SomersThe Supreme Court's 2012 decision in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (NFIB) upheld the Affordable Care ActÍs…
- July 23, 2013
Amicus Curiae Brief of Members of Congress in Second Circuit Case re Constituti
External Source and Andy DiAntonio - July 23, 2013
Full Report – Hospital Language Services for Patients with Limited English Proficiency
Andy DiAntonioA national survey of hospitals to examine their policies and practices for providing language services to limited English proficient…
- July 23, 2013
Federal Court Orders Disclosure of Medicaid Managed Care Treatment Guidelines:
External Source and Andy DiAntonio - July 23, 2013
CDC Adds Gardasil to Children’s Immunization Program
Andy DiAntonioThis update documents when Gardasil (the cervical cancer HPV vaccine was added to the federal Vaccines for Children's Program…
- July 23, 2013
Medicaid 101- Services for Adults
Jane Perkins and Sarah SomersNDRN Webcast Medicaid 101 ? Part II Elizabeth Priaulx: I am with the National…
- July 23, 2013
Q & A: Preemption and the Medicaid Act – State Court
Sarah SomersThis Q & A describes significant state court cases finding that the Medicaid Act preempts state law. …
- July 23, 2013
Issue Brief: Update on Section 1983 Enforcement of the Medicaid Act
Jane PerkinsThis issue brief discusses recent trends affecting private enforcement of the Medicaid Act in federal court, focusing on 42…
- July 23, 2013
Adolescent Medicaid Enrollees Seeking Reproductive Health Care More Likely to b
Charlie BlodnieksAdolescent Medicaid Enrollees Seeking Reproductive Health Services Have Increased Risk of Abuse and Criminal ActivityPosted by: Jamie D. BrooksThe…
- July 23, 2013
Q & A: Recent Settlements in Medicaid Home and Community-Based Waiver Cases
Sarah SomersQ & A: Recent Medicaid Settlements in Washington and Florida On December 20, 2006, the Federal District…
- July 23, 2013
New York Eliminates Prescription Barrier for Emergency Contraception Access for
External SourceJanuary 23, 2007 Dear Pharmacy Provider: As of February 1, 2007, the emergency contraceptive drug, Plan…
- July 23, 2013
Q&A: Medicaid Coverage of Outpatient Prescription Drugs
Jane PerkinsProduced by the National Health Law Program with a grant from the Training Advocacy Support Center (TASC) at…
- July 23, 2013
Highlights of Changes to the Medicaid Act
Jane PerkinsTwo recent pieces of federal legislation affect the Medicaid program. The Deficit Reduction Act. Signed by President…
- July 23, 2013
Q & A: Medicaid and People with Disabilities
Sarah SomersQ. In my state, many people with disabilities are not covered under the Medicaid program. Who must be covered…
