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.

January 29, 2024
HHS’s 2024 Final Rule on Health Care Refusals: What Health Advocates Need to Know
Madeline Morcelle and Charly Gilfoil
Federal health care refusal laws, such as the Weldon Amendment and the Church Amendments, govern when and how covered…
January 8, 2024
Accessing Contraceptives in Florida: A Toolkit for Young Adults
Christina Piecora, Liz McCaman Taylor, Madeline Morcelle, Kally Xu, Andrea Schmidt, Logan Foster, and Charlotte Cassel
This Toolkit was created in partnership with the Florida Health Justice Project (FHJP) with the goal of equipping young…
December 6, 2023
Unwinding Call Center Data Shows Ongoing Problems
Michelle Yiu and Elizabeth Edwards
In August 2023, CMS issued letters to states regarding unwinding data metrics as of May 2023, including data on…
November 22, 2023
U.S. v. Florida Case Explainer
Arielle Linsey and Jane Perkins
On July 14, 2023, the Southern District of Florida issued a significant decision in United States v. Florida, a…
November 21, 2023
AMICUS: U.S. v. Florida, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jane Perkins
NHeLP and the amici are pediatric experts and medical associations, a national philanthropic organization committed to advancing health equity,…
August 29, 2023
Medi-Cal Abortion Services for Current and Former Foster Youth
Jasmine Young and Amy Chen
Current and former foster youth in California have access to a broad array of sexual and reproductive health services.…
August 29, 2023
Medi-Cal Family Planning & Contraceptive Services for Current and Former Foster Youth
Jasmine Young and Amy Chen
Current and former foster youth in California have access to a broad array of sexual and reproductive health services.…
August 29, 2023
Guide to Accessing Medi-Cal Mental Health Services for Current and Former Foster Youth
Carly Myers and T. Nancy Lam
Current and former foster youth in California have access to a broad array of mental health services. Working with…
August 29, 2023
Medi-Cal Pregnancy Services for Current and Former Foster Youth
Jasmine Young and Amy Chen
Current and former foster youth in California have access to a broad array of sexual and reproductive health services.…
August 22, 2023
LGBTQ+ Unwinding Fact Sheets for Medi-Cal and Medicaid
Skyler Rosellini and Michelle Yiu
In partnership with Equality California and its affiliate Silver State Equality, the National Health Law Program created two fact…
August 21, 2023
An Advocate’s Guide to Reproductive and Sexual Health in the Medicaid Program (with 2023 Supplement)
Priscilla Huang, Madeline Morcelle, and Amy Chen
In 2019, NHeLP published the 2nd Edition of An Advocate’s Guide to Reproductive and Sexual Health in the Medicaid…
August 11, 2023
Medicaid Eligibility Call Centers: Questions for LEP & Disability Access
Elizabeth Edwards and Mara Youdelman
Call centers are often the primary way that Medicaid enrollees interact with the Medicaid agency. During the unwinding of…
May 30, 2023
Trends in State Medicaid Continuous Coverage Unwinding Plans
Cassandra LaRose
As part of the Medicaid continuous coverage unwinding, states were required to create plans to describe how they will…
May 16, 2022
Medicaid Coverage of Advanced Practice Prescribing for Reproductive & Sexual Health Medications
Liz McCaman Taylor and Cathren Cohen
Advanced practice providers (APPs) are licensed health care practitioners, other than physicians, who may practice independently and bill directly…
June 15, 2021
State Approaches to Improving Reproductive and Sexual Health
Priscilla Huang
NHeLP conducted a 50-state review of state Medicaid websites of COVID-19 related policies related to reproductive and sexual health…
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 Baruch
A growing number of health care consumers are turning to urgent care centers and retail health clinics, which have…
November 10, 2020
California Policy Needs During COVID and Beyond: Reproductive and Sexual Health
Amy Chen
COVID-19 has changed the landscape for reproductive and sexual health care services, delivery, and access. As has been the…
May 27, 2020
Top Ten List: Reproductive and Sexual Health Care Access in the Time of COVID-19
Madeline Morcelle and Priscilla Huang
The COVID-19 pandemic is exposing and exacerbating pervasive obstacles to sexual health, family planning, prenatal, labor and delivery, postpartum,…
June 4, 2019
Protections for LGBTQ People with Behavioral Health Needs
Abigail Coursolle
Despite progress in breaking down discrimination against LGBTQ people seeking access to quality health care, the current administration and…
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…