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 21, 2018
Comments Urging HIV Prevention Drug be Designated an ACA “A” Recommended Service
Wayne Turner and Liz McCaman TaylorPeople who are at risk for HIV can prevent infection by taking a daily medication - Pre Exposure Prophylaxis…
- December 10, 2018
National Health Law Program Comments Filed on Proposed Public Charge Rule Change
dfitzgeraldIn extensive comments filed today with the Trump administration, the National Health Law Program detailed why the Department of…
- December 6, 2018
National Health Law Program Template for Public Charge Comments on DHS Proposed Rule Change
dfitzgeraldThe Department of Homeland Security's proposed effort to radically remake a longstanding immigration law and turn it into a…
- November 7, 2018
Comments to DHS Regarding Indefinite Detention of Immigrant Children
Jennifer Lav, Priscilla Huang, Alicia Emanuel, and Amy ChenThe National Health Law Program urges the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Health and Human…
- September 18, 2018
National Health Law Program: Comments on Sterilization Consent Form
Priscilla Huang, Candace Gibson, and dfitzgeraldEstablished in the 1970s, the Medicaid Consent for Sterilization policy was, and remains, a much-needed protection against coercive sterilization…
- July 25, 2018
Flack v. Wisconsin Department of Health Services Preliminary Injunction Decision
dfitzgeraldThe U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting Wisconsin health officials from…
- April 30, 2018
Flack v. Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Abbi Coursolle and Catherine McKeeTwo transgender Wisconsin residents filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin challenging…
- March 16, 2018
Q&A Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act: Protections for Transgender Individuals
Jennifer LavA recent federal court injunction has undermined the Affordable Care Act's provisions intended to end discrimination of transgender individuals…
- December 6, 2017
NHeLP Comments: HHS Rule on Religious Exemption from ACA Birth Control Provision
dfitzgeraldThe Trump administration's effort to weaken, if not destroy, the Affordable Care Act's landmark birth control provision, also includes…
- December 6, 2017
NHeLP Comments: HHS Rule on Moral Exemptions from ACA Birth Control Provision
dfitzgeraldThe Trump administration's "Interim Final Rule for Moral Exemptions and Accommodations" for the Affordable Care Act (ACA)'s contraceptions provision…
- July 13, 2017
NHeLP Comments on HHS’ Request for Information on ACA Regulations
dfitzgeraldIn response to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Request for Information (RFI) regarding Affordable Care Act…
- May 16, 2016
Issue Brief: Highlights of the Section 1557 Final Rule
Jane Perkins, Wayne Turner, Mara Youdelman, and Elizabeth EdwardsThis issue brief provides an initial analysis of the Department of Health and Human Services' final rule implementing §…
- July 23, 2013
Translation Glossaries
Mara YoudelmanTranslation glossaries identify commonly used terms and would create standardized translations for these terms. This saves money since translation…