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.
- January 28, 2021
Medicaid Coverage of Pregnancy Care Delivered via Telehealth
Amy ChenTelehealth holds great promise and is a powerful tool that can help support the provision of pregnancy care. However,…
- November 10, 2020
California Policy Needs During COVID and Beyond: Reproductive and Sexual Health
Amy ChenCOVID-19 has changed the landscape for reproductive and sexual health care services, delivery, and access. As has been the…
- May 27, 2020
Top Ten List: Reproductive and Sexual Health Care Access in the Time of COVID-19
Madeline Morcelle and Priscilla HuangThe COVID-19 pandemic is exposing and exacerbating pervasive obstacles to sexual health, family planning, prenatal, labor and delivery, postpartum,…
- May 21, 2020
Building A Successful Program for Medi-Cal Coverage For Doula Care: Findings From A Survey of Doulas in California
Amy Chen and Alexis Robles-FradetThe National Health Law Program’s Doula Medicaid Project seeks to improve health outcomes for pregnant Medicaid enrollees by ensuring…
- February 7, 2020
Amicus: Doe v. Trump, Ninth Circuit
Jane Perkins and Sarah GrusinThe National Health Law Program, the American Public Health Association, and 48 other groups filed an amicus brief opposing…
- November 22, 2019
Young v. Azar, D.D.C.
Jane Perkins, Sarah Somers, and Sarah GrusinFour low-income individuals from Michigan enrolled in Medicaid filed a class action lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging its…
- November 19, 2019
Medicaid Abortion Coverage in Arizona
Fabiola De LibanAfter finding that several states violated federal policy requiring reporting waivers in cases of rape, NHeLP partnered with state…
- August 20, 2019
Issue Brief: A Guide to Proposed and Enacted Legislation for Medicaid Coverage for Doula Care
Alexis Robles-FradetAs maternal mortality is increasingly recognized as a national health crisis, especially for women of color, providing doula services…
- July 19, 2019
Webinar: Final Conscience Regulation – Does the New HHS Rule Promote Injustice?
Susan Berke FogelOn May 2, 2019, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the final version of its conscience…
- July 8, 2019
National Health Law Program Amicus Brief, Title X Final Rule Challenges
Andy DiAntonioCourt Cases On March 4, 2019 the Trump Administration announced a new final regulation change to the Title X…
- June 21, 2019
Medicaid as an LGBTQ Reproductive Justice Issue: A Primer
Candace Gibson and Priscilla HuangThe reproductive justice framework is rooted in the belief that all individuals and communities should have the resources and…
- February 6, 2019
State and Federal Legislative Proposals Relating to Doula Care
Amy Chen and Dhara PatelDhara Patel, an intern at the National Health Law Program, and Amy Chen, a senior attorney, provide a summary…
- January 3, 2019
2017-2018 Federal Legislative Proposals Relating to Maternal and Infant Health and Mortality
Amy Chen, Dhara Patel, and Nicole StrombomMothers in the United States are dying during childbirth and the one year postpartum period at an alarming rate,…
- January 2, 2019
The Ethical & Religious Directives: What the 2018 Update Means for Catholic Hospital Mergers
Hayley Penan and Amy ChenThe Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (ERDs) are directives promulgated by the United States Conference…
- December 14, 2018
Routes to Success for Medicaid Coverage of Doula Care
Amy ChenRacism and racial bias in health care have helped contribute to what is now coming to be understood as…
- December 19, 2017
NHeLP Comments on HHS’ Draft Strategic Plan
Elizabeth G. Taylor and Andy DiAntonioThe U.S. Department of of Health and Human Services' "Draft Strategic Plan," falls far short of protecting the nation's…
- June 22, 2017
How Per Capita Caps Harm the Prevention and Treatment of New Viruses
Andy DiAntonioIf Congress enacts a per capita cap on Medicaid, states will have fewer resources to prevent and treat the…
- 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…
- 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…
- January 26, 2017
Issue Brief: Pregnancy-Related Medicaid and Minimum Essential Coverage
Amy ChenIn the issue brief, "Pregnancy-Related Medicaid and Minimum Essential Coverage," NHeLP Senior Attorney Amy Chen examines federal guidance on…
