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 19, 2013
Health Advocate: 2013 Case Round Up – What the Courts Decided This Year
Jane PerkinsNHeLP monthly publication. Volume 20 of the Health Advocate offers NHeLP's annual case round up, highlighting cases that were decided…
- October 29, 2013
Private Enforcement of the Medicaid Act Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983
Jane PerkinsThis Issue Brief provides a review on private enforcement of the Medicaid Act through § 1983. The issue brief…
- July 23, 2013
CRS Report: The Constitutionality of Federal Grant Conditions after National Fe
External SourceSummary In March 2010, Congress passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA, among other…
- July 23, 2013
Chamber of Commerce of the United States amicus brief
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- July 23, 2013
Missouri: Letter from Sen. Bray Opposing Ballot Initiative
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- July 23, 2013
United States Amicus Curiae Brief Opposing Certiorari in Maxwell-Jolly v. Indep
External SourceQUESTIONS PRESENTED Under 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(30)(A), a State??s plan for medical assistance under the Medicaid Act must…
- July 23, 2013
NHeLP Breaks Down the Florida Decision and What It Means
Leo Cuello and Jane PerkinsBACKGROUND In State of Florida ex rel. Bondi et al. v. U.S. Dep?t of Health & Human Service…
- July 23, 2013
ACLU et al amicus brief: Douglas v. Independent Living
External SourceINTEREST OF AMICI CURIAEThe American Civil Liberties Union (?ACLU?) is a nationwide, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization with over 500,000 members,…
- July 23, 2013
National Association of Chain Drug Stores et al amicus brief: Douglas v. Indepe
External SourceINTEREST OF AMICI CURIAE Amici?the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, the National Community Pharmacists Association, the…
- July 23, 2013
Members of Congress et al amicus brief
External SourceAmicus brief of the members of Congress in the Douglas v. Independent Living Center case heard in the Supreme…
- July 23, 2013
Former HHS Officials et al amicus brief
External SourceINTEREST OF AMICI CURIAE1 Amici curiae listed in the Appendix are former senior officials of the Department…
- July 23, 2013
American Healthcare Association et al amicus brief
External SourceINTEREST OF AMICI Amici are the American Health Care Association, the American Hospital Association, the Association of…
- July 23, 2013
American Medical Association et al amicus curiae brief in Independent Living
External SourceINTEREST OF AMICI CURIAE Amici are among the largest and most prominent medical and dental professional associations…
- July 23, 2013
AARP/NHeLP et al amicus brief in Independent Living
dfitzgeraldINTEREST OF AMICI CURIAEAmici are organizations committed to serving the needs of low-income persons, including older Americans, individuals with…
- July 23, 2013
Health Advocate: Litigation Update on the ACA?s Medicaid Expansion
Leo Cuello and Jane PerkinsThis issue of NHeLP's Health Advocate provides a litigation update on the ACA's Medicaid Expansion
- July 23, 2013
Summary of the Supreme Court Decision on the ACA
Byron Gross, Jane Perkins, and Sarah SomersThis paper provides an in-depth analysis of the arguments an analysis made by the Supreme Court in deciding the…
- July 23, 2013
The Impact of the Supreme Court Decision on the MaineCare Program
dfitzgeraldOn June 28, 2012, in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care…
- July 23, 2013
10 Steps to Medicaid Expansion
dfitzgeraldIn the aftermath of the Supreme Court's 2012 health reform decision, states are quickly making decisions about whether to…
- July 23, 2013
Q&A: The Supreme Court’s Decision on the ACA’s Medicaid Expansion
Jane Perkins and Sarah SomersThe Supreme Court's 2012 decision in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (NFIB) upheld the Affordable Care ActÍs…