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 29, 2026
Timeline Charts of Changes to Medi-Cal and Covered California Under OBBBA and the California Budget
Skyler Rosellini and Alicia EmanuelH.R. 1, also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” (OBBBA) cuts approximately $1 trillion from Medicaid which…
- July 16, 2026
[Webinar] Navigating In Home Supportive Services for Children: Assessments, Protective Supervision, and Hearings
Elizabeth Zirker and Michelle DeBlankThis training focuses on In Home Supportive Services for children, and provides an overview of the In-Home Supportive Services…
- July 15, 2026
NHeLP Comments on Essential Health Benefits (EHB) RFI
Héctor Hernández-Delgado, Wayne Turner, Shandra Hartly, and Alexis Robles-FradetThe essential health benefits (EHB) are an important protection in the Affordable Care Act to ensure that health plans…
- 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…
- June 18, 2026
NHeLP Comments on Interoperability Standards and Prior Authorization for Drugs Proposed Rule
Wayne Turner, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, David Machledt, Emma Parker-Newton, and Jasmine YoungIn these comments to HHS, NHeLP continues to raise concerns with the use of prior authorization as a barrier…
- May 26, 2026
Immigrant Youth Access to Medi-Cal and Managed Care
Carly Myers and Jules LutabaMedi-Cal eligibility and services are being cut back for some immigrants. These changes do not apply to youth under…
- 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…
- April 22, 2026
FAQs on Medi-Cal Housing Supports for Transition-Age Youth and Former Foster Youth
Carly MyersMedi-Cal managed care plans cover several housing supports for transition-age youth (TAY) and former foster youth (FFY) who are…
- April 3, 2026
Medi-Cal Transitional Rent
Carly MyersAs of January 1, 2026, all Medi-Cal managed care plans are required to provide Transitional Rent to certain populations,…
- March 31, 2026
Response to Request for Information Related to Comprehensive Regulations to Uncover Suspicious Healthcare
Jennifer LavNHeLP submitted a response to the Request for Information related to the "CRUSH" initiative. We urged the Administration to…
- March 3, 2026
Medi-Cal Housing Supports
Jasmine Young, Carly Myers, and Abigail CoursolleMedi-Cal covers four housing-related Community Supports for eligible individuals who are enrolled in a managed care plan. This fact…
- February 18, 2026
NHeLP Comments on Proposed Rules on Gender-Affirming Care
Héctor Hernández-Delgado, Abigail Coursolle, Catherine McKee, Alexis Robles-Fradet, Emma Parker-Newton, Skyler Rosellini, and Wayne TurnerNHeLP submitted comments opposing two proposed rules from HHS that would prohibit the use of federal Medicaid funding for…
- February 12, 2026
Advocates’ Guide to the BH-CONNECT Initiative
Héctor Hernández-Delgado, Carly Myers, and Alexis Robles-FradetCalifornia’s Behavioral Health Community-Based Organized Networks of Equitable Care and Treatment (BH-CONNECT) demonstration seeks to help low-income individuals navigate…
- December 23, 2025
Foster Youth Access to Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services: A Review of Data in California and Los Angeles County
Abigail Coursolle, Alexis Robles-Fradet, and Carly MyersChildren and youth involved in child welfare often have complex mental health needs, due in part to their compounding…
- December 3, 2025
Checking All the Boxes: A Survey of Medical Frailty Definitions in Alternative Benefit Plans and Section 1115 Work Requirements Demonstrations
Shandra HartlyIndividuals who are considered medically frail have traditionally been subject to different eligibility and coverage rules in the Medicaid…
- October 23, 2025
An Advocate’s Guide to Access Gender-Affirming Care in California
Abigail Coursolle and Skyler RoselliniThis guide is informed by advocates' experience working on cases involving access to gender-affirming care, and it is intended as a…
- October 20, 2025
An Advocate’s Guide to Access GAC in CA: Chapter 6 Outreach and Engagement with the TGI Community
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 outreach…
- October 17, 2025
An Advocate’s Guide to Access GAC in CA: Chapter 4 Common Barriers
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 the…
- October 17, 2025
An Advocate’s Guide to Access GAC in CA: Chapter 3 Types of Coverage
Abigail Coursolle and Skyler RoselliniThis chapter is part of NHeLP’s forthcoming Advocate’s Guide to Accessing Gender-Affirming Care in California. It provides an overview…
