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
ACA Litigation Constitutional Challenges
Andy DiAntonioThis litigation docket tracks the ongoing challenges pending against the ACA. The vast majority of these cases involve challenges…
- 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
NHeLP Amicus Brief in Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation v. Kathleen
Sarah SomersNHeLP amicus brief in Conestoga Wood Specialties v. Kathleen Sebelius arguing that established standards of medical care and prevailing…
- July 23, 2013
NHELP Amicus Brief in Annex Medical Inc. v. Kathleen Sebelius
Jane PerkinsNHeLP amicus brief in Annex Medical Inc. v. Kathleen Sebelius defending the Affordable Care Act?s contraceptive coverage requirements before…
- July 23, 2013
NHeLP Amicus Brief in William Grote III v. Kathleen Sebelius
Jane PerkinsNHeLP amicus brief in William Grote III v. Kathleen Sebelius defending the Affordable Care Act?s contraceptive coverage requirements before…
- July 23, 2013
NHeLP Amicus Brief in Frank O’Brien Jr. v. HHS
Jane PerkinsNHeLP amicus brief in Frank O?Brien Jr. v. HHS defending the Affordable Care Act?s contraceptive coverage requirements in a…
- July 23, 2013
Contraceptive Coverage Requirement Timeline
Andy DiAntonioThe Affordable Care Act's (ACA) requirement that most new health plans cover women's preventive health services -- including contraception…
- July 23, 2013
Medical Management and Access to Contraception
Erin Armstrong and Andy DiAntonioThis updated factsheet addresses techniques used by insurance companies known as "medical management" that present concerns for health advocates…
- July 23, 2013
Proposed Training Standards for Family Medicine
Andy DiAntonioNHeLP comment letter to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education opposing ACGME's proposal to dismantle explicit requirements for…
- July 23, 2013
Well-Women Visits and Prenatal Care under the ACA’s Women’s Health Amendment
Susan Berke FogelThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) recognizes that preventive health services in general, and women's preventive health services in particular,…
- April 15, 2013
Chart: State Medicaid Coverage of Emergency Contraception (EC) as an Over-the-Counter (OTC) Drug
Jane PerkinsState Medicaid programs must cover family planning services and supplies, however, states have some flexibilty to determine which services…
- April 12, 2013
NHeLP’s 5 Ways Health Reform Helps Women
Erin Armstrong and Andy DiAntonioHealth reform was a giant step forward for women, expanding access to women?s reproductive health care and providing important…
- April 11, 2013
10 Reasons the Medicaid Expansion Benefits Women Living with HIV
Jina Dhillon, Deborah Reid, and Andy DiAntonioThe Affordable Care Act?s Medicaid Expansion has the potential to extend health coverage for many women living with HIV…
