Medicaid Awareness Month Resources

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 28, 2016
Health Advocate: The Post-Election State of Our Health
Mara Youdelman
With a looming Trump administration and conservative majorities in Congress promising to repeal the Affordable Care Act, popularly known…
November 1, 2016
Lessons from California
Abbi Coursolle and Andy DiAntonio
Decades after being ordered by a state appeals court to adhere to Medicaid law, California's Medicaid agency, Medi-Cal, starting…
October 14, 2016
Issue Brief 7: Medicaid Managed Care Final Regulations: BSS
Elizabeth Edwards
Senior Attorney Elizabeth Edwards provides analysis and guidance on the updated rule regarding managed care plans in Medicaid, and…
October 6, 2016
NHeLP Comments on ACA Proposed Rule on Benefit and Payment Parameters
Andy DiAntonio
NHeLP provides comments on a proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) setting forth…
October 4, 2016
Issue Brief: A Primer on Reference Pricing & VBID
David Machledt
Cost sharing is too often a tool that prevents low-income individuals from being able to access quality and timely…
September 30, 2016
Comments on the Draft 2017 Letter
Andy DiAntonio
NHeLP provides comments on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) draft letter to issuers in the Federally…
September 23, 2016
Health Advocate: States Expand Coverage of Contraception
Andy DiAntonio
States are taking the initiative to bolster federal health care policy intended to provide comprehensive contraceptive coverage, Staff Attorney…
September 1, 2016
NHeLP Comments to PERM Regulations
Leo Cuello and Andy DiAntonio
In comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NHeLP Director of Health Policy Leonardo Cuello recommends that HHS…
August 31, 2016
Lessons from CA: Special Enrollment Period Verifications
Andy DiAntonio
This issue of Lessons from California highlights the audit process that California's marketplace just implemented to ensure individuals who claim to have a…
August 26, 2016
Amicus Brief: State of Alaska v. Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest
Catherine McKee
NHeLP and the Northern Justice Project filed an amicus brief in support of Planned Parenthood and urging affirmance of…
August 24, 2016
Health Advocate: Medicaid Expansion Section 1115 Demonstrations Update
Leonardo Cuello
Health Policy Director Leonardo Cuello provides updates on the states seeking to expand Medicaid pursuant to the Affordable Care Act,…
August 18, 2016
Letters to Walgreens & SSM Health Medical Group
Amy Chen
In letters to Walgreens and Catholic-sponsored SSM Health Medical Group, NHeLP and the ACLU of Illinois, ACLU of Missouri…
July 29, 2016
Lessons from CA: Celebrating 50 Years of Medi-Cal and Looking Ahead
Andy DiAntonio
Medi-Cal, California's Medicaid program, turns 50 this year, and today provides critical health care services to more than 10…
July 13, 2016
Health Advocate: The ACA and Preventive Screenings and Services
Wayne Turner
In this month's Health Advocate, Julia Quinn and Wayne Turner examine the Affordable Care Act's requirements regarding health plans'…
June 29, 2016
Lessons from CA: California Limits Medi-Cal Estate Recovery
Michelle Lilienfeld
Beginning in 2017, California will limit its Medicaid (Medi-Cal in CA) estate recovery to what is federally required. This month's Lessons from…
June 6, 2016
NHeLP Letter of Support for SB 10
Andy DiAntonio
In a letter to Gov. Edmund G. Brown, NHeLP expresses support for SB 10, which would allow undocumented immigrants…
June 6, 2016
EPSDT in the Final Medicaid Managed Care Regulations
Jane Perkins
In a letter to CMS the National Health Law Program asks for an amendment to the final regulations on…
May 31, 2016
Lessons from CA: Expanding Full-Scope Medi-Cal to All Children
Andy DiAntonio
In this month's Lessons from California, we highlight the successful efforts in California to cover up to 170,000 undocumented children…
May 31, 2016
Translating SB75 letter
Andy DiAntonio
May 19, 2016
Health Advocate: Medicaid Managed Care Final Regulations Released
Sarah Somers
In this month's Health Advocate, we summarize some of the major provisions in the final rule that are new…