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.

May 2, 2023
Protect Medicaid Funding Issue #12: LGBTQI+ People
Charly Gilfoil and Michelle Yiu
As part of our Protect Medicaid Funding series, NHeLP provides succinct analysis of the policy proposals that if enacted…
April 17, 2023
What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid?
Wayne Turner
With the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, and the implementation of Medicaid expansions and Marketplaces…
April 4, 2023
NHeLP Comments on Coverage of Contraceptive Services Under the Affordable Care Act
Liz McCaman Taylor
Section 2713(a)(4) of the Public Health Service Act, and its implementing regulations, make access to contraception possible by ensuring…
April 3, 2023
National Health Law Program Comments on the DEA’s Proposed Rule on Telemedicine Prescribing of Controlled Medications
Madeline Morcelle and Skyler Rosellini
The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) submitted comments on the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, "Telemedicine…
March 16, 2023
Protect Medicaid Funding series (2023)
Michelle Yiu, Emma Parker-Newton, David Machledt, Amy Chen, Madeline Morcelle, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, Catherine McKee, Mara Youdelman, Wayne Turner, Dania Douglas, and Charly Gilfoil
A 2024 update of this series can be found here. In an updated series of fact sheets called Protect…
March 7, 2023
National Health Law Program Comments on HHS’s Proposed Changes to Health Care Refusal Regulations
Madeline Morcelle, Charly Gilfoil, Cat Duffy, and Héctor Hernández-Delgado
The National Health Law Program submitted comments on the Department of Health and Human Services's (HHS) Notice of Proposed…
February 9, 2023
NHeLP Comments on New Mexico 1115 Renewal Request
Elizabeth Edwards
In comments to HHS, NHeLP focuses on select provisions related to long-term services and supports (LTSS) in New Mexico's…
February 2, 2023
NHeLP Comments on Essential Health Benefits (EHB) Request for Information (RFI)
Héctor Hernández-Delgado and Wayne Turner
NHeLP submitted comments in response to the HHS' Request for Information (RFI) regarding coverage of Essential Health Benefits (EHB)…
January 31, 2023
Reforming Medicaid Coverage Toward Reproductive Justice
Madeline Morcelle
This article appeared in Volume 48, Issue 2–3 of the American Journal of Law & Medicine, North America’s leading…
November 18, 2022
Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis: The Biden-Harris Administration’s Blueprint
Madeline Morcelle and Amy Chen
According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, from 2017–2019, roughly 84 percent of…
November 1, 2022
NHeLP Comments on CMS Request for Information: Promoting Efficiency, Reducing Burden, and Advancing Equity within CMS Programs
Charly Gilfoil
NHeLP submitted comments to CMS in response to a request for information on access to care, health equity, and…
October 18, 2022
Model Contraceptive Equity Act: Legislative Language and Issue Brief
Liz McCaman Taylor
Updated October 2023. This paper begins with model legislative language that can serve as a template for state advocates…
October 3, 2022
NHeLP Comments on Section 1557 Proposed Rule
Mara Youdelman, Wayne Turner, Elizabeth Edwards, Madeline Morcelle, Abigail Coursolle, Charly Gilfoil, Jennifer Lav, Skyler Rosellini, Alicia Emanuel, Cat Duffy, Catherine McKee, Fabiola De Liban, David Machledt, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, Dania Douglas, and Carly Myers
NHeLP submitted comments on the Department of Health and Human Services' Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to implement Section 1557…
September 14, 2022
Steps Toward Contraceptive Equity: State Legislative Considerations for the 2023 Session
Liz McCaman Taylor
In the first regular state legislative session post-Dobbs, many state policymakers and advocates may seek to shore up contraceptive…
July 28, 2022
Essential Health Benefits: Best Practices in Benchmark Selection
Wayne Turner and Héctor Hernández-Delgado
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) established a comprehensive set of ten Essential Health Benefits (EHB) that most health plans…
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…
May 2, 2022
NHeLP Comments on CMS Request for Information on Access to Coverage and Care in Medicaid & CHIP
Charly Gilfoil, Cat Duffy, Abigail Coursolle, Mara Youdelman, Wayne Turner, Jennifer Lav, Elizabeth Edwards, and David Machledt
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Request for Information (RFI) to develop and implement a…
April 27, 2022
National Health Law Program Comments on Consent for Sterilization Form
Cat Duffy
The Consent for Sterilization policy has provided much-needed protection against coercive sterilization. The United States has an ugly history…
February 11, 2022
NHeLP letter to HHS Sec. Becerra – Re: Advancing Health Equity Through Essential Health Benefits
Wayne Turner, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, and Fabiola De Liban
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) established a comprehensive set of ten Essential Health Benefits (EHB) that most health plans…
November 3, 2021
Support for the Historic Momnibus & Postpartum Medicaid Investments in the Build Back Better Act
Elizabeth G. Taylor
The National Health Law Program joined dozens of organizations calling on Congress to include strong maternal health provisions in…