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.
- October 18, 2022
Model Contraceptive Equity Act: Legislative Language and Issue Brief
Liz McCaman TaylorUpdated October 2023. This paper begins with model legislative language that can serve as a template for state advocates…
- August 19, 2022
NHeLP Letter to CCIIO Director, Ellen Montz – Re: Request for Modifications to the Federal Prescription Drug and Maternity Care Essential Health Benefit Standards
Wayne Turner, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, and Alexis Robles-FradetDespite improvements in coverage of Essential Health Benefits (EHB) since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, significant gaps…
- May 3, 2022
Scope of Practice and Medicaid: State Flexibility to Cover Advanced Practice Care
Liz McCaman Taylor and Cathren CohenAdvanced practice providers (APPs) are licensed health care practitioners, other than physicians, who may practice independently and bill directly…
- April 12, 2022
NHeLP Comments on the Proposed Update to the CDC’s Opioid Prescribing Guidelines
Héctor Hernández-Delgado and Alexis Robles-FradetIn these comments to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), NHeLPs conveys its support for the CDC's…
- February 11, 2022
NHeLP letter to HHS Sec. Becerra – Re: Advancing Health Equity Through Essential Health Benefits
Wayne Turner, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, and Fabiola CarriónThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) established a comprehensive set of ten Essential Health Benefits (EHB) that most health plans…
- December 16, 2021
NHeLP Comments on HHS SUNSET Repeal Rule
Dania Douglas and Wayne TurnerIn the HHS SUNSET final rule, HHS sought to retroactively impose a mandatory expiration date on an estimated 18,000…
- December 9, 2021
Contraceptive Equity Primers
Liz McCaman TaylorState Contraceptive Equity laws can play a critical role in filling the remaining gaps from the Affordable Care Act,…
- December 7, 2021
Model Contraceptive Equity Act: Legislative Language and Issue Brief
Liz McCaman TaylorUPDATED - December 2021. Contraceptive Equity is a policy framework under which contraceptive care is easily accessible and covered…
- December 6, 2021
Q&A: State Contraceptive Equity Laws
Liz McCaman TaylorThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires most health insurance plans to provide coverage for a broad range of women’s…
- April 27, 2021
NHeLP Comments on New Mexico Centennial Care 2.0 SMI Amendment
Dania DouglasIn this application, New Mexico seeks to waive the Institutes for Mental Disease (IMD) exclusion, implement High Fidelity Wraparound…
- December 3, 2020
NHeLP Comments on HHS Regulations Rule (aka SUNSET Rule)
Wayne Turner and Dania DouglasIn the Regulations Rule, HHS seeks to retroactively impose a mandatory expiration date on an estimated 18,000 duly promulgated…
- September 17, 2020
NHeLP comments on Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations (the “Orange Book”)
Liz McCaman TaylorThe Orange Book is an important and informative drug resource for a range of stakeholders. In a request for…
- 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 18, 2018
Amicus Brief in Support of Maryland’s Anti-Price Gouging Law for Prescription Drugs
Wayne Turner, Abigail Coursolle, and Sarah GrusinThe National Health Law Program filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court asking it to review…
- December 14, 2018
Comments to the FDA Urging Approval of Over the Counter Naloxone
Corey DavisThe National Health Law Program strongly urges the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate the process of moving…
- December 1, 2016
Fact Sheet: Utilization Controls for Medicaid Prescription Drugs
Abbi CoursolleState Medicaid programs that elect to provide outpatient prescription drug coverage must cover all FDA-approved drugs that are offered…
- November 30, 2016
Fact Sheet: Medicaid Outpatient Prescription Drugs
Michelle LilienfeldPrescription drug coverage is an important facet of the Medicaid program. Although an optional benefit, all states cover outpatient…
- July 29, 2015
Issue No. 5 – Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committees
Wayne TurnerIntroduced by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Essential Health Benefits (EHB) are a set of ten health care service…
- July 29, 2015
Issue No. 4 – United States Pharmacopeia Classification System
Michelle LilienfeldIntroduced by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Essential Health Benefits (EHB) are a set of ten health care service…
- June 22, 2015
EHB Prescription Drug Standard Issue No. 3 – Mail-Order Pharmacies
Wayne Turner and Shyaam SubramanianIntroduced by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Essential Health Benefits (EHB) are a set of ten health care service…