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.
- July 23, 2013
NHeLP Comments on Changes to Definition of Lawfully Present in the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan Program of the Affordable Care Act of 2010
Mara YoudelmanComment letter opposing the exclusion of young people (commonly known as DREAM-Act eligible youth) granted deferred action from health…
- July 23, 2013
NHeLP Matters – December 2012
Andy DiAntonioNHeLP Matters provides a summary of NHeLPÍs recent activities and accomplishments from health reform implementation, protecting reproductive health and…
- July 23, 2013
Ballot Initiative Strategy Center: Health Care Nullification Ballot Measures
External Source - July 23, 2013
Letter to the Judiciary Committee on H.R. 3, The No Taxpayer Funding for Abort
Andy DiAntonioThe Honorable Lamar SmithChairman - Committee on the JudiciaryU.S. House of Representatives2138 Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington, DC 20514 RE:…
- July 23, 2013
Letter to the Sub-Committee on Health on H.R. 358, The Protect Life Act
Andy DiAntonioThis letter expresses NHeLP's strong opposition to "The Protect Life Act" as it would impose dangerous and unprecedented restrictions…
- July 23, 2013
Do New Health Law Mandates Threaten Conscience Rights and Access to Care: NHeLP
Andy DiAntonioTESTIMONY BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH FOR THE HEARING ENTITLED ?DO NEW…
- July 23, 2013
Testimony Before Committee on Oversight & Government Reform Regarding Refusal Cl
Andy DiAntonioFOR THE HEARING ENTITLED "LINES CROSSED: SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE. HAS THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TRAMPLED ON…
- July 23, 2013
Health Care Refusals and Contraception: Undermining Quality Care
Andy DiAntonioThis paper discusses how health care refusals or "conscience" clauses undermine medical standards of care and pose a risk…
- July 23, 2013
Fact Sheet: Women with Disabilities and Legal Issues Concerning Reproductive Health
External Source and Andy DiAntonioThis fact sheet describes significant reproductive health-related legal issues that women with disabilities may face. Women with disabilities are…
- July 23, 2013
Adolescent Medicaid Enrollees Seeking Reproductive Health Care More Likely to b
Charlie BlodnieksAdolescent Medicaid Enrollees Seeking Reproductive Health Services Have Increased Risk of Abuse and Criminal ActivityPosted by: Jamie D. BrooksThe…
- July 23, 2013
Over the Counter or Out of Reach? A Report on Evolving State Medicaid Policies
Susan Berke Fogel and Deborah ReidIntroduction Plan B® emergency contraception (EC) is a safe, effective method to prevent unintended pregnancies…
- July 23, 2013
NHeLP Comments Opposed to HHS Refusal Regulations (Sept. ’08)
Andy DiAntonioSeptember 25, 2008 Department of Health and Human Services Office of Public Health and Science …
- July 23, 2013
An Advocate’s Guide to Reproductive Health in the Medicaid Program
Susan Berke Fogel, Deborah Reid, and Mara YoudelmanAn Advocate's Guide will familiarize readers with the basics of the Medicaid Program and highlight features that support women's…
- July 23, 2013
New Mexico Supreme Court Requires Medicaid to Cover All Medically Necessary Abo
External SourceNM Supreme Court Requires Medicaid to Cover All Medically Necessary Abortions January 1999 The New Mexico…
- July 23, 2013
Access to Reproductive Health Services: A Checklist for Consumers and Advocates
Andy DiAntonioIncreasingly, employers, private insurers, state Medicaid agencies and the federal Medicare program are contracting with hospitals and health…
- July 23, 2013
APHA Adopts Policies on Reproductive Health, Immigrant Health
Andy DiAntonio�This brief describes NHeLP contributions to two key policies related to reproductive health and immigrant health adopted by the…
