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.
- December 18, 2018
Amicus Brief in Support of Maryland’s Anti-Price Gouging Law for Prescription Drugs
Wayne Turner, Abigail Coursolle, and Sarah GrusinThe National Health Law Program filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court asking it to review…
- March 24, 2016
Amicus Brief: California v. Trump
dfitzgeraldThe National Health Law Program (NHeLP) filed on October 21, a "friend of the court" brief in federal court…
- March 24, 2016
NHeLP Amicus Brief: Planned Parenthood v. Selig (8th Cir.)
Jane PerkinsBrief of the National Health Law Program, American Public Health Association, Center for Reproductive Rights, National Women's Law Center,…
- March 4, 2016
Q&A: Due Process & Medicaid Notice & Hearing Standards
Jane PerkinsMedicaid beneficiaries have constitutional and/or statutory rights when their benefits are denied, reduced, or terminated. This Q&A provides an…
- February 19, 2016
NHeLP Amicus Brief: Zubik v. Burwell
dfitzgeraldThis case will decide whether non-profit employers are able to deny their employees access to contraceptive services on religious…
- July 30, 2015
Fact Sheet: Selected Supreme Court Access to Court Opinions from the 2014 Term
Jane PerkinsNHeLP analysis of select cases from the past term that focus on access to court issues, statutory construction, Supremacy Clause,…
- April 28, 2015
Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Care Center
Jane PerkinsIn Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Care Center, 135 S. Ct. 1378 (2015), the Supreme Court held that health care…
- April 10, 2015
Eighth Circuit Ruling in St. Louis Effort for AIDS v. Huff
dfitzgeraldRuling in Missouri navigator case. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed in part and otherwise vacated…
- January 28, 2015
Amicus Brief of AARP and NHeLP in King v. Burwell, U.S. Supreme Court
Jane Perkins and External SourceAmicus brief of AARP and the National Health Law Program in King v. Burwell supporting the availability of the…
- 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 13, 2015
Amicus brief of the National Health Law Program in Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center
dfitzgeraldAmicus brief by NHeLP and advocates supporting the respondents and arguing that the history and purpose of the Medicaid…
- 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
dfitzgeraldWelcome to the year's final edition of NHeLP Matters. In the past 12 months, we have fought for the…
- December 4, 2014
Q&A: Abstention Update
Jane Perkins and Sarah SomersQ&A: Abtention Update This short issue brief discusses the latest developments in abstention cases affecting Medicaid beneficiaries, including a…
- October 21, 2014
Issue Brief: Hearing Services for Children on Medicaid
Jane Perkins and Catherine McKeeHearing loss affects many low-income children in the United States. Despite the proliferation of hospital-based newborn hearing screening programs,…
- September 29, 2014
Q&A on the ACA’s Contraceptive Coverage Requirement
dfitzgeraldThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires many health insurance plans to provide coverage for certain preventive health services, including…
- August 4, 2014
Webinar: Burwell v. Hobby Lobby – Access to Care Implications
Susan Berke FogelWebinar focused on the impact on access to care post the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Burwell v. Hobby…
- July 7, 2014
Summary of the Supreme Court’s Decision in Hobby Lobby
dfitzgeraldInitial summary of the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision, including what it means for women, including how…
- June 11, 2014
Background on Upcoming Supreme Court Decision-ACA’s Contraceptive Coverage
dfitzgeraldThe current round of Affordable Care Act litigation is dominated by cases challenging a requirement that most new health…
- January 28, 2014
NHeLP Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga
dfitzgeraldAmicus brief by the National Health Law Program supporting the Affordable Care Act?s (ACA) birth control benefit, urging the…