Medicaid Awareness Month Resources

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.

September 11, 2026
Medicaid Application & Renewal Guide for Immigration Attorneys
Miriam Delaney Heard and Jules Lutaba
The draconian Medicaid cuts in H.R. 1 (also called "OBBBA") place even more restrictions on coverage for immigrants who…
July 7, 2026
Comment on USCIS’s proposed changes to the address change form
Jules Lutaba
In a comment to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), NHeLP opposes the proposal to require certain immigrants…
December 18, 2025
NHeLPs Comments on Public Charge NPRM 2025
Jules Lutaba, Emma Parker-Newton, Sarah Grusin, Briana Torres, and Mara Youdelman
In response to the Administration's notice of proposed rulemaking on the Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility, NHeLP's comments oppose…
February 6, 2025
Protect Medi-Cal Funding 2025 series
Kimberly Lewis, Skyler Rosellini, Abigail Coursolle, Jules Lutaba, Jasmine Young, Fabiola De Liban, Amy Chen, Alicia Emanuel, Carly Myers, Alexis Robles-Fradet, and Héctor Hernández-Delgado
California’s Medicaid program (Medi-Cal) provides a critical investment in the health of Californians. Medi-Cal coverage and services are tailored…
April 30, 2024
Medicaid Continuous Coverage Unwinding: Messaging and Outreach Resources
Michelle Yiu
State Medicaid agencies are beginning to unwind the Medicaid continuous coverage provisions enacted in early 2020 to adapt to…
March 12, 2024
DOJ and OCR Complaints: Complaints Filed Against Medicaid Programs in DC and Texas
Elizabeth Edwards, Jane Perkins, and Litigation Team
The National Health Law Program (NHeLP), together with Disability Rights DC at University Legal Services (DRDC) and Disability Rights…
March 8, 2024
NHeLP’s Framing and Language in the Doula Medicaid Project
Michelle Yiu
In recent years, NHeLP has encountered discussions regarding the problematic etymology of the term “doula” as associated with slavery.…
February 21, 2024
Testimony to Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Health Care: Promise and Pitfalls
Elizabeth Edwards
NHeLP submitted written testimony to the February 8, 2024 Senate Finance Committee meeting on AI and health care that…
February 7, 2024
AMICUS: Planned Parenthood of Montana v. Montana, Supreme Court of the State of Montana
Catherine McKee
In 2023, Montana imposed severe restrictions on coverage of abortion services for individuals enrolled in Medicaid. Reproductive health providers…
February 2, 2024
Case Update: Supplemental Complaint file in Rose v. Becerra
Jane Perkins and Catherine McKee
This case update focuses on Rose v. Becerra, which challenges approval of a Section 1115 Medicaid project in Indiana.…
December 6, 2023
Unwinding Call Center Data Shows Ongoing Problems
Michelle Yiu and Elizabeth Edwards
In August 2023, CMS issued letters to states regarding unwinding data metrics as of May 2023, including data on…
November 22, 2023
U.S. v. Florida Case Explainer
Arielle Linsey and Jane Perkins
On July 14, 2023, the Southern District of Florida issued a significant decision in United States v. Florida, a…
November 21, 2023
AMICUS: U.S. v. Florida, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jane Perkins
NHeLP and the amici are pediatric experts and medical associations, a national philanthropic organization committed to advancing health equity,…
August 22, 2023
LGBTQ+ Unwinding Fact Sheets for Medi-Cal and Medicaid
Skyler Rosellini and Michelle Yiu
In partnership with Equality California and its affiliate Silver State Equality, the National Health Law Program created two fact…
August 11, 2023
Medicaid Eligibility Call Centers: Questions for LEP & Disability Access
Elizabeth Edwards and Mara Youdelman
Call centers are often the primary way that Medicaid enrollees interact with the Medicaid agency. During the unwinding of…
May 30, 2023
Trends in State Medicaid Continuous Coverage Unwinding Plans
Cassandra LaRose
As part of the Medicaid continuous coverage unwinding, states were required to create plans to describe how they will…
May 10, 2023
How Funding and Eligibility Cuts to Medicaid Harm Response Efforts to Public Health Crises (Updated May 2023)
Michelle Yiu
Congressional Republican leadership is considering funding and eligibility cuts to Medicaid, such as work requirements, block grants, and per…
April 25, 2022
Comments In Response to Proposed Rulemaking: Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility
Eskedar Girmash, Elizabeth Edwards, and Catherine McKee
We support the comments submitted by the Protecting Immigrant Families (PIF) campaign and submit additional comments in response to…
January 19, 2022
National Health Law Program Comment on DOS Public Charge Rule
Cathren Cohen
NHeLP submitted comments urging the Department of State (DOS) to rescind the Trump Administration's overly broad rule, which went…
December 16, 2021
NHeLP Comments on HHS SUNSET Repeal Rule
Dania Douglas and Wayne Turner
In the HHS SUNSET final rule, HHS sought to retroactively impose a mandatory expiration date on an estimated 18,000…

Medicaid Awareness Month Resources

Medicaid Application & Renewal Guide for Immigration Attorneys

Comment on USCIS’s proposed changes to the address change form

NHeLPs Comments on Public Charge NPRM 2025

Medicaid Continuous Coverage Unwinding: Messaging and Outreach Resources

DOJ and OCR Complaints: Complaints Filed Against Medicaid Programs in DC and Texas

NHeLP’s Framing and Language in the Doula Medicaid Project

Testimony to Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Health Care: Promise and Pitfalls

AMICUS: Planned Parenthood of Montana v. Montana, Supreme Court of the State of Montana

Case Update: Supplemental Complaint file in Rose v. Becerra

Unwinding Call Center Data Shows Ongoing Problems

U.S. v. Florida Case Explainer

AMICUS: U.S. v. Florida, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

LGBTQ+ Unwinding Fact Sheets for Medi-Cal and Medicaid

Medicaid Eligibility Call Centers: Questions for LEP & Disability Access

Trends in State Medicaid Continuous Coverage Unwinding Plans

How Funding and Eligibility Cuts to Medicaid Harm Response Efforts to Public Health Crises (Updated May 2023)

Comments In Response to Proposed Rulemaking: Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility

National Health Law Program Comment on DOS Public Charge Rule

NHeLP Comments on HHS SUNSET Repeal Rule