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.
- June 1, 2017
Medicaid Caps and the Opioid Epidemic
Andy DiAntonioMedicaid is the largest source of health care coverage for individuals with substance use disorders, NHeLP Staff Attorney Héctor Hernández-Delgado writes…
- March 31, 2017
Lessons from California
Andy DiAntonioThe House Republicans' "American Health Care Act" would have harmed California disproportionately, NHeLP Staff Attorney Alicia Kauk writes in…
- March 6, 2017
Evaluating Medicaid Block Grant & Per Capita Cap Proposals
Mara YoudelmanAs Congress moves forward with consideration of policies to dramatically limit the funding structure of Medicaid, NHeLP Managing Attorney…
- March 3, 2017
NHeLP Letter Urging Transparency of Efforts to Harm Medicaid & Repeal the ACA
Elizabeth G. TaylorIn a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan, Executive Director Elizabeth G. Taylor urges congressional hearings for any measures…
- February 28, 2017
Lessons from California
Kim Lewis and Andy DiAntonioThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) expanded health care coverage to millions of previously uninsured Californians, and also ushered in…
- February 24, 2017
Health Advocate: Medicaid Caps: The Threat Below the Surface
Leo Cuello and Andy DiAntonioWith the media focused on congressional and executive efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Republican lawmakers and…
- February 10, 2017
Protect Medicaid Funding: Pregnant Women, Issue 11 (Updated March 2017)
Amy ChenCutting the funding of Medicaid, whether through block grants or a per capita caps, will result in yanking vital…
- February 10, 2017
Protect Medicaid Funding: Women Living with HIV, Issue 7 (Updated Feb. 2017)
Jamille Fields and Catherine McKeeCutting the funding of Medicaid whether through block grants or a per capita cap will result in yanking health…
- February 9, 2017
Groups Urge Senate to Block Nomination of Rep. Tom Price to Lead HHS
Andy DiAntonioMore than 80 public interest groups urged the Senate to defeat the nomination of Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) to…
- January 25, 2017
Health Advocate: The Year Ahead: Medicaid Works!
Mara YoudelmanWith the Trump administration and lawmakers in the new Congress suggesting they will pursue changing Medicaid through block grants…
- December 30, 2016
Lessons from California: Fighting For Medicaid In 2017
Andy DiAntonioCalifornia's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, has significantly bettered the health care of tens of millions of Californians, and any cuts…
- December 26, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Substance and Opioid Use Disorders
Corey Davis and Hector Hernandez-DelgadoThe tenth issue in NHeLP's Protect Medicaid Funding series examines the vital role Medicaid plays in "preventing and treating…
- December 22, 2016
Health Advocate: Delivery System Reform & Medicaid Caps
Leo Cuello and Andy DiAntonioEfforts to cut or cap Medicaid that are being discussed by members of the new Congress and incoming administration…
- December 19, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Access to Providers, Issue 9
Leo Cuello and Catherine McKee - December 19, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Enrollment and Continuity, Issue 8 (Updated Feb. 2017)
Leo Cuello and David MachledtMedicaid provides proven, tailored health care coverage for low-income individuals and families. NHeLP's Health Policy Director Leonardo Cuello and…
- December 19, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Affordability, Issue 5 (Updated Feb. 2017)
David MachledtThis fifth issue in NHeLP's Protect Medicaid Funding series examines how critical Medicaid is to helping low-income individuals and…
- December 19, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Medicaid Services, Issue 4 (Updated April 2017)
Michelle Lilienfeld, Shyaam Subramanian, and Amy ChenThe fourth issue in NHeLP's Protect Medicaid Funding series examines the dire consequences for the health of tens of…
- December 19, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Older Adults and Individuals with Disabilities, Issue 3
David MachledtThis third issue in NHeLP's Protect Medicaid Funding series centers on policies to cut or cap Medicaid funding, and…
- December 2, 2016
Amicus Brief: Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri v. Mosier
Jane PerkinsNHeLP and other health care and women's advocates filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for…
- November 30, 2016
Lessons from California: Nov
Amy ChenWhile Nov. 8 statewide elections in California brought the passage of a number of positive health care related initiatives,…
