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.
- July 23, 2013
Over the Counter or Out of Reach? A Report on Evolving State Medicaid Policies
Susan Berke Fogel and Deborah ReidIntroduction Plan B® emergency contraception (EC) is a safe, effective method to prevent unintended pregnancies…
- July 23, 2013
Q & A: Medicaid Coverage of Reproductive Health Services
Jane PerkinsWomen rely on the Medicaid program. Twelve percent of all women of child bearing age?over 7 million women?rely…
- July 23, 2013
NHeLP Comments Opposed to HHS Refusal Regulations (Sept. ’08)
Andy DiAntonioSeptember 25, 2008 Department of Health and Human Services Office of Public Health and Science …
- July 23, 2013
The Human Right to Health and Women’s Reproductive Health Policy
Alejandra PavisichThis fact sheet provides an overview of the right to health as international authorities have interpreted and applied it…
- July 23, 2013
An Advocate’s Guide to Reproductive Health in the Medicaid Program
Susan Berke Fogel, Deborah Reid, and Mara YoudelmanAn Advocate's Guide will familiarize readers with the basics of the Medicaid Program and highlight features that support women's…
- July 23, 2013
NHeLP Comments: Medicare + Choice Interim Final Regulations Pertaining to Repro
Andy DiAntonioNHeLP's comments on the Medicare + Choice Interim Final Regulations, focused on reproductive health and advance directives, urge for…
- July 23, 2013
New Mexico Supreme Court Requires Medicaid to Cover All Medically Necessary Abo
External SourceNM Supreme Court Requires Medicaid to Cover All Medically Necessary Abortions January 1999 The New Mexico…
- July 23, 2013
Catholic Health Systems Getting Bigger
Andy DiAntonioCatholic Health Systems Getting Bigger April 1999 Catholic Institutions alone control 600 hospitals, 140,000 hospital beds,…
- July 23, 2013
The 1999 Health Care Access Bill, AB 525: Testimony before the California Assem
Andy DiAntonioTestimony Presented by: Lourdes A. Rivera, Staff Attorney National Health Law Program Hearing…
- July 23, 2013
Reproductive Health Services and Expansion of Religious Health Entities: Bill I
Andy DiAntonioThis paper discusses a California bill aimed at ensuring access to reproductive health services despite the expansion of religious…
- July 23, 2013
Medicaid Managed Care and Due Process Rights: What Do HMOs Have to Tell You Whe
Andy DiAntonioMedicaid Managed Care and Due Process Rights: What Do HMOs Have to Tell You When They Deny Reproductive Health Services?July…
- July 23, 2013
Access to Reproductive Health Services: A Checklist for Consumers and Advocates
Andy DiAntonioIncreasingly, employers, private insurers, state Medicaid agencies and the federal Medicare program are contracting with hospitals and health…
