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.
- September 18, 2018
National Health Law Program: Comments on Sterilization Consent Form
Priscilla Huang and Candace GibsonEstablished in the 1970s, the Medicaid Consent for Sterilization policy was, and remains, a much-needed protection against coercive sterilization…
- September 10, 2018
Health Care Coverage for Pregnant and Parenting Teens in California
Amy ChenIntroductionTeens who become pregnant face a different set of challenges when accessing and receiving health care services as compared…
- September 5, 2018
Q&A on Pregnant Women’s Coverage Under Medicaid and the ACA
Amy ChenIntroductionAccess to affordable and high-quality comprehensive health care services during pregnancy has long depended on what type of health…
- August 10, 2018
Fact Sheet: Medicaid & Reproductive Justice
Candace Gibson and Priscilla HuangReproductive justice is a social movement rooted in the belief that all individuals and communities should have the resources…
- March 27, 2018
National Health Law Program Urges HHS to Withdraw Conscience Rights Rule
Andy DiAntonioIn comments to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), the National Health Law Program urges it…
- March 26, 2018
NHeLP Comments to HHS on Proposal for Religious Groups and Health Services
Priscilla HuangIn comments to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), National Health Law Program urges it to…
- March 16, 2018
Q&A Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act: Protections for Transgender Individuals
Jennifer LavA recent federal court injunction has undermined the Affordable Care Act's provisions intended to end discrimination of transgender individuals…
- February 1, 2018
HHS Approves 1115 Waiver in Indiana – Harming Medicaid Enrollees
Andy DiAntonioEarlier today, HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Indiana. The approved project is effectively a cut that…
- January 12, 2018
HHS Approves 1115 Waiver in Kentucky – Harming Medicaid Enrollees Who Need Reproductive Health Services
Andy DiAntonioEarlier today, HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Kentucky. The approved project is effectively a cut that…
- December 19, 2017
NHeLP Comments on HHS’ Draft Strategic Plan
Elizabeth G. Taylor and Andy DiAntonioThe U.S. Department of of Health and Human Services' "Draft Strategic Plan," falls far short of protecting the nation's…
- December 6, 2017
NHeLP Comments: HHS Rule on Religious Exemption from ACA Birth Control Provision
Andy DiAntonioThe Trump administration's effort to weaken, if not destroy, the Affordable Care Act's landmark birth control provision, also includes…
- December 6, 2017
NHeLP Comments: HHS Rule on Moral Exemptions from ACA Birth Control Provision
Andy DiAntonioThe Trump administration's "Interim Final Rule for Moral Exemptions and Accommodations" for the Affordable Care Act (ACA)'s contraceptions provision…
- August 4, 2017
NHeLP Comments on ‘Healthy Texas Women’ Sec. 1115 Waiver Project
Jane PerkinsIn comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NHeLP urges the department to reject Texas' so-called…
- May 31, 2017
Briefs on Public Coverage of Family Planning and Abortion Services: Reproductive Health Care Coverage in Medi-Cal
Andy DiAntonioNHeLP's Reproductive Health Data and Insurance Accountability Project (the Data Project) is releasing a series of Issue Briefs on…
- December 16, 2016
California Pregnancy Health Coverage Chart Updated December 2016
Amy ChenThis chart provides a brief overview of some of the public health insurance programs for pregnant women in California.…
- December 16, 2016
Issue Brief: Health Coverage Options for Low-Income Pregnant Women in California
Amy ChenNHeLP Senior Attorney Amy Chen examines California's public health insurance options available to women during pregnancies and for specified…
- August 18, 2016
Letters to Walgreens & SSM Health Medical Group
Amy ChenIn letters to Walgreens and Catholic-sponsored SSM Health Medical Group, NHeLP and the ACLU of Illinois, ACLU of Missouri…
- June 23, 2016
Issue Brief 5: Medicaid Managed Care Final Regulations and Reproductive Health
Catherine McKeeIn this issue brief, NHeLP Staff Attorney Catherine McKee reviews the recently finalized Medicaid managed care regulations, and how…
- July 20, 2015
State Recommendations to Include Sexuality Education in Health Care Delivery
Jamille Fields and Andy DiAntonioThis brief outlines recommendations that advocates can use to encourage their states to include sexuality education in health care…
