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.
- August 6, 2026
State-mandated benefits and ACA defrayal obligations
Héctor Hernández-Delgado and Wayne TurnerStates have historically addressed gaps in health care coverage by requiring insurers to cover specific benefits. However, under the…
- July 21, 2026
NHeLP Comments on Medicaid Managed Care State Directed Payments and Fee-for-Service Targeted Payments Proposed Rule
Geraldine Doetzer, Jennifer Lav, and Christina PiecoraNHeLP submitted comments opposing this proposed rule, which would substantially restrict access to care for Medicaid beneficiaries by reducing…
- July 10, 2026
NHeLP Comments on Excepted Fertility Benefits Proposed Rule
Fabiola De Liban, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, and Wayne TurnerThe U.S. Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services Departments proposed a rule that may allow some employers to…
- July 6, 2026
Accessing Contraceptives in Louisiana: A Toolkit for Young Adults
Rachel Utz and Christina PiecoraThis Toolkit was updated in partnership with Lift Louisiana with the goal of equipping young adults with the knowledge…
- April 30, 2026
An Advocate’s Guide to Medi-Cal Services
Fabiola De Liban, Amy Chen, Abigail Coursolle, Alicia Emanuel, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, T. Nancy Lam, Kimberly Lewis, Carly Myers, Alexis Robles-Fradet, Skyler Rosellini, Jasmine Young, Elizabeth Zirker, and Jules LutabaNHeLP’s Medi-Cal Services Guide provides an in-depth description of some of the most important services covered in the Medi-Cal…
- February 24, 2026
Town Hall Meeting: The One Big Beautiful Act and What It Means for Louisiana’s Families, Health, and Future
Christina PiecoraThe Louisiana Center for Health Equity (LCHE) hosted a town hall at Dillard University examining the sweeping implications of…
- January 27, 2026
Doula Medicaid Project: 2025 Webinar Series Summaries & Reflections
Amy ChenIn 2025, the National Health Law Program’s (NHeLP’s) Doula Medicaid Project embarked on its inaugural webinar series, hosting three…
- December 15, 2025
Coverage of Over-the-Counter Contraception: Model Legislation and Toolkit
Christina Piecora***Co-authored with Free the Pill NHeLP and Free the Pill created this Toolkit to help state advocates secure coverage…
- November 4, 2025
Fact Sheet: Georgia Medicaid Coverage of Sexual and Reproductive Health
Rachel UtzThis fact sheet discusses the sexual and reproductive health services covered by Medicaid in Georgia. It is the first…
- October 22, 2025
Presumptive Eligibility and Abortion Access
Cat Duffy and Fabiola De LibanPresumptive eligibility (PE) is a crucial tool states can use to provide expedited pathways to immediate Medicaid coverage for…
- October 21, 2025
An Advocate’s Guide to Access GAC in CA: Chapter 1 Purpose and Goal for this Guide
Abigail Coursolle and Skyler RoselliniThis guide is intended as a resource for health care advocates, non-legal community advocates, legal aid attorneys, TGI individuals…
- October 20, 2025
An Advocate’s Guide to Access GAC in CA: Chapter 7 Cultural Competency
Abigail Coursolle and Skyler RoselliniThis chapter is part of NHeLP’s forthcoming Advocate’s Guide to Accessing Gender-Affirming Care in California. It focuses on cultural…
- October 9, 2025
Modern Hysteria Podcast: S2E8 Dismissing Your Pain Violates Your Civil Rights x IUD Pain x Reproductive Justice with Madeline Morcelle
Madeline Morcelle and Micah LarsenNHeLP Senior Attorney Madeline Morcelle joined Micah Larsen on the "Modern Hysteria" podcast to explore how having our pain…
- September 17, 2025
Medicaid Financing after OBBBA: State Directed Payments and Provider Taxes
Geraldine DoetzerThe so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (OBBBA) makes changes to complex but crucial Medicaid financing mechanisms that are…
- September 8, 2025
RePros Fight Back Podcast on What OBBBA Means for SRH – Podcast
Madeline Morcelle and Jennie WetterThe One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), President Trump’s Tax and Spend mega bill, recently passed Congress. It will…
- August 21, 2025
Changes to Medi-Cal and Covered California Under the OBBBA and the CA Budget
California Policy TeamH.R. 1, also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” (OBBBA) cuts approximately $1 trillion from Medicaid which…
- August 14, 2025
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA); Interpretation of “Federal Public Benefit” Comments
Dylan de Kervor, Christina Piecora, Mara Youdelman, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, and Emma Parker-NewtonThe National Health Law Program submits comments in opposition to the harmful new interpretation the Department of Health and…
- July 29, 2025
Accessing Contraceptives in Alabama: A Toolkit for Young Adults
Christina Piecora, Liz McCaman Taylor, Madeline Morcelle, Kally Xu, Rachel Utz, Cecilia Ballinger, Andrea Schmidt, Logan Foster, and Charlotte CasselThis Toolkit was updated in partnership with the Alabama Campaign for Adolescent Sexual Health (ACASH) with the goal of…
- June 5, 2025
The Top 10 Reasons Why House Republicans’ Reconciliation Bill Will Devastate Maternal and Child Health
Madeline MorcelleThis article discusses the GOP reconciliation package, officially called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and its implications for…
- May 13, 2025
Gender Justice Coalition Letter to Congress: Medicaid Cuts Endanger Maternal and Child Health
Amani Echols, Rolonda Donelson, and Madeline MorcelleThe National Coalition for Gender Justice in Health Policy sent a second letter to the 119th Congress opposing Medicaid…
