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.
- 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…
- November 3, 2021
Support for the Historic Momnibus & Postpartum Medicaid Investments in the Build Back Better Act
Elizabeth G. TaylorThe National Health Law Program joined dozens of organizations calling on Congress to include strong maternal health provisions in…
- September 27, 2021
NHeLP Principles on Assisted Reproduction
Liz McCaman Taylor, Jennifer Lav, Abigail Coursolle, and Fabiola De LibanThe National Health Law Program (NHeLP) has developed a set of principles to guide its advocacy work on assisted…
- August 20, 2021
NHeLP comments on Updating Payment Parameters Rule
Wayne Turner, Dania Douglas, and Fabiola De LibanIn the Updating Payment Parameters Rule (UPP Rule), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposes several important changes…
- June 15, 2021
State Approaches to Improving Reproductive and Sexual Health
Priscilla HuangNHeLP conducted a 50-state review of state Medicaid websites of COVID-19 related policies related to reproductive and sexual health…
- June 10, 2021
NHeLP AHRQ Comments
Elizabeth Edwards, David Machledt, Skyler Rosellini, and Liz McCaman TaylorIn these comments, NHeLP responds to a request for information from AHRQ regarding the use of clinical algorithms that…
- June 7, 2021
Medicaid Coverage of Medication Abortion Delivered via Telehealth
Fabiola De Liban, Madeline Morcelle, and Alexis Robles-FradetThe COVID-19 public health emergency has shown the need to increase access to health services through telehealth, including for…
- May 10, 2021
Webinar: Public Charge and Reproductive Justice Administrative Advocacy
Priscilla Huang, Lucie Avallo, and Phoebe SuvaThis webinar from the Medicaid and Reproductive Justice Collaborative addressed administrative advocacy and how reproductive justice advocates can engage…
- April 15, 2021
NHeLP Urges Congress to Confirm Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as Next CMS Administrator
Madeline MorcelleNHeLP letter to Congress urging the confirmation of Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as the next Administrator of the U.S. Centers for…
- April 8, 2021
Post-Abortion Contraceptive Coverage in Medicaid
Fabiola De Liban and Liz McCaman TaylorThis issue brief discusses how Medicaid allows coverage of family planning services during an abortion visit that is not…
- March 31, 2021
Making “Convenient Care” the Right Care for All: Improving State Oversight of Urgent Care Centers and Retail Health Clinics
Tess Solomon, Kelly Jo Popkin, Amy Chen, Lois Uttley, and Susannah BaruchA growing number of health care consumers are turning to urgent care centers and retail health clinics, which have…
- March 25, 2021
Fostering Equitable Access to Abortion Coverage: Reversing the Hyde Amendment
Madeline MorcelleThe future of access to abortion services is at a crossroads. The Biden-Harris administration and 117th Congress could commit…
- March 4, 2021
NHeLP attorney Madeline Morcelle publishes op-ed with Rewire News Group
Madeline MorcelleNHeLP attorney Madeline Morcelle published an op-ed with Rewire News Group on how the Trump-era public charge rule harms…
- February 17, 2021
Florida Maternal and Child Health Fact Sheet
Daniel YoungThis fact sheet reports data from several sources that measure Medicaid managed care health care delivery and quality pertaining…
- February 17, 2021
Ohio Maternal and Child Health Fact Sheet
Daniel YoungThis fact sheet reports data from several sources that measure Medicaid managed care health care delivery and quality pertaining…
- February 16, 2021
Comments on Utah 1115 Primary Care Network Demonstration Waiver Amendment Request: In Vitro Fertilization and Genetic Testing for Qualified Conditions
Jennifer Lav and Catherine McKeeIn comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Health Law Program asks HHS to reject…
- 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,…
- December 17, 2020
Medicaid Coverage of Family Planning Services Delivered via Telehealth
Fabiola De Liban, Catherine McKee, and Liz McCaman TaylorThe COVID-19 public health emergency has shown the need to increase access to health services through telehealth, including for…
- December 8, 2020
Testimony on the Hyde Amendment before the House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Madeline MorcelleThe National Health Law Program (NHeLP) submitted this testimony to the House Committee on Appropriations’ Subcommittee on Labor, Health…
- 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…
