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.
- March 10, 2015
NHeLP Matters – March 2015
Andy DiAntonioSummary of recent accomplishments of NHeLP including work to end HIV discrimination, protecting court access and Medicaid, and advancing…
- March 2, 2015
NHeLP Letter on Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) and Uniform Glossary
Andy DiAntonioNHeLP comment letter on the Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) and the Uniform Glossary. With the implementation of…
- January 14, 2015
Health Advocate: Our New Year’s Resolutions
Susan Berke Fogel, Jane Perkins, and Mara YoudelmanThis edition of the Health Advocate previews what is ahead in the coming months including the continuing theme of Medicaid…
- January 9, 2015
Letter to HHS Office of Civil Rights on pending HIV discrimination complaint
Jane Perkins and Wayne TurnerThe National Health Law Program and The AIDS Institute (TAI) sent the attached letter to the HHS Office of…
- December 16, 2014
Health Advocate: 2014 Litigation Round Up
Jane PerkinsMore than four years since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law have passed, and yet litigation over…
- December 11, 2014
NHeLP Matters – December 2014
Andy DiAntonioWelcome to the year's final edition of NHeLP Matters. In the past 12 months, we have fought for the…
- October 14, 2014
Health Advocate: EPSDT Screening: Including Sexuality Education in Health Education
Andy DiAntonioUnder Medicaid and some Children's Health Insurance Programs (CHIP), youth are eligible to receive the Early and Periodic Screening,…
- September 29, 2014
Q&A on the ACA’s Contraceptive Coverage Requirement
Andy DiAntonioThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires many health insurance plans to provide coverage for certain preventive health services, including…
- September 25, 2014
NHeLP Matters – September 2014
Andy DiAntonioSummary of the recent accomplishments of NHeLP, including protecting the ability of Tennesseans to access the health care they…
- July 14, 2014
Health Advocate: ACA Litigation Continues: A Primer of Major Cases
Jane PerkinsThe ACA has been under continuous attack in the courts since its enactment. These challenges could significantly roll back…
- July 7, 2014
Summary of the Supreme Court’s Decision in Hobby Lobby
Andy DiAntonioInitial summary of the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision, including what it means for women, including how…
- July 2, 2014
Sexuality Education in Health Care Delivery for Medicaid and CHIP-Eligible Youth
Jamille Fields and Andy DiAntonioThis issue brief discusses the health education component of the EPSDT medical screens required for Medicaid and some CHIP-eligible…
- June 18, 2014
NHeLP Matters – June 2014
Andy DiAntonioSummary of the recent accomplishments of NHeLP, including protecting informed consent, stopping discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS and fighting…
- June 11, 2014
Background on Upcoming Supreme Court Decision-ACA’s Contraceptive Coverage
Andy DiAntonioThe current round of Affordable Care Act litigation is dominated by cases challenging a requirement that most new health…
- May 28, 2014
NHeLP and The AIDS Institute Complaint to HHS Re HIV/AIDS Discrimination by FL
Jane Perkins and Wayne TurnerComplaint to the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS OCR) requesting…
- March 20, 2014
NHeLP Matters – March 2014
Andy DiAntonioSummary of the recent accomplishments of NHeLP, including a win for Missouri's navigators, health reform implementation and defending women's…
- January 13, 2014
NHeLP Letter on HR 7 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act
Andy DiAntonioLetter to the House Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice in opposition to H.R. 7 - The No…
- December 13, 2013
NHeLP Matters – December 2013
Andy DiAntonioSummary of the recent accomplishments of NHeLP, including the 24th Annual Health Advocates Conference, Health Reform Implementation and Medicaid…
- November 12, 2013
Pregnant Women’s Coverage under Medicaid and the ACA
Andy DiAntonioThe Affordable Care Act ("ACA") makes a number of changes that impact pregnant women who are enrolled in Medicaid…
