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.
- November 30, 2020
Abortion is Health Care
Alexis Robles-FradetThe National Health Law Program believes that abortion is health care and should be covered and accessible like any…
- November 10, 2020
California Policy Needs During COVID and Beyond: Reproductive and Sexual Health
Amy ChenCOVID-19 has changed the landscape for reproductive and sexual health care services, delivery, and access. As has been the…
- October 19, 2020
What Public Charge Means for Reproductive Justice
Priscilla Huang and Madeline MorcelleUpdate: As of March 9, 2021, the Trump-era public charge regulations are no longer in effect. The Biden administration published…
- July 16, 2020
June Medical Services v. Russo and the Work that Remains for Underserved Populations
Fabiola De Liban and Abigail CoursolleOn June 29th, the Supreme Court ruled in June Medical Services vs. Russo that Louisiana’s admitting privileges law is…
- July 7, 2020
NHeLP Again Opposes Implementation of Double Billing Rule, Particularly During Pandemic
Fabiola De LibanAs conveyed in our comments to the proposed rule, the National Health Law Program strongly opposes the implementation of…
- June 19, 2020
HHS Eliminates or Weakens Regulatory Protections Against Discrimination in Health Care
Wayne Turner, Mara Youdelman, and Madeline MorcelleAs part of its ongoing attacks on health care and civil rights, the Trump administration recently finalized drastic changes…
- May 27, 2020
Top Ten List: Reproductive and Sexual Health Care Access in the Time of COVID-19
Madeline Morcelle and Priscilla HuangThe COVID-19 pandemic is exposing and exacerbating pervasive obstacles to sexual health, family planning, prenatal, labor and delivery, postpartum,…
- May 11, 2020
Recommendations to improve abortion coverage and transparency in marketplace plans
Fabiola De LibanFollowing the release of Beyond the Law: The Challenge of Abortion Coverage in the Marketplaces, various state advocates and…
- March 19, 2020
Vasectomy Comments
Liz McCaman TaylorThese comments were submitted in response to Notice 2018-12, in which the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) requested comments on…
- February 7, 2020
Amicus: Doe v. Trump, Ninth Circuit
Jane Perkins and Sarah GrusinThe National Health Law Program, the American Public Health Association, and 48 other groups filed an amicus brief opposing…
- February 4, 2020
WEBINAR: Advancing Reproductive and Sexual Health in Medicaid – Overview of the Medicaid Program
Priscilla HuangThis webinar provides an overview of the Medicaid program, including a brief history of Medicaid, its program structure and…
- December 19, 2019
NHeLP Comments on HHS License to Discriminate Proposed Rule
Wayne TurnerEarlier this year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) granted South Carolina’s federally funded Title IV-E…
- November 22, 2019
Young v. Azar, D.D.C.
Jane Perkins, Sarah Somers, and Sarah GrusinFour low-income individuals from Michigan enrolled in Medicaid filed a class action lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging its…
- November 19, 2019
Medicaid Abortion Coverage in Arizona
Fabiola De LibanAfter finding that several states violated federal policy requiring reporting waivers in cases of rape, NHeLP partnered with state…
- July 19, 2019
Webinar: Final Conscience Regulation – Does the New HHS Rule Promote Injustice?
Susan Berke FogelOn May 2, 2019, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the final version of its conscience…
- July 16, 2019
Contraceptive Equity in Action: A Toolkit for State Implementation
Liz McCaman TaylorThe National Health Law Program is dedicated to ensuring appropriate implementation and monitoring for states that have adopted Contraceptive…
- July 8, 2019
National Health Law Program Amicus Brief, Title X Final Rule Challenges
Andy DiAntonioCourt Cases On March 4, 2019 the Trump Administration announced a new final regulation change to the Title X…
- June 21, 2019
Medicaid as an LGBTQ Reproductive Justice Issue: A Primer
Candace Gibson and Priscilla HuangThe reproductive justice framework is rooted in the belief that all individuals and communities should have the resources and…
- April 3, 2019
Pregnancy, Opioid Use Disorder, and Opioid Agonist Treatment: A Fact Sheet for State-Level Advocates
Rachel HoltzmanThe worsening crisis of opioid-related harm in the U.S. touches all members of society, including pregnant people. People may…
- February 22, 2019
Abortion Coverage Under Medicaid
Fabiola De LibanThis Q&A provides an overview of how the federal government and states cover abortion under Medicaid. The Q&A's Appendix…
