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.
- May 12, 2015
Protect Medicaid Funding: Women’s Health, Issue 2
Andy DiAntonioThis second issue in NHeLP's Protect Medicaid Funding series focuses on the impact to women's health. Medicaid provides critical…
- 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…
- February 28, 2015
Postpartum LARC Resource Guide
Andy DiAntonioEvery woman should have affordable and timely access to all safe and effective contraceptive options, including long-acting reversible contraceptive…
- February 23, 2015
MAGI, Streamlined Applications, and Medicaid Family Planning Expansions
Erin Armstrong, External Source, and Andy DiAntonioThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires states implement a uniform methodology for determining income - modified adjusted gross income…
- February 9, 2015
Top 3 Takeaways: Burr-Hatch-Upton Plan to Replace the ACA
Andy DiAntonioOn February 4, 2015, three Republican legislators released a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Burr-Hatch-Upton…
- February 6, 2015
Earlier Access to Care for Uninsured Women Living with HIV and the ACA
Andy DiAntonioThe Medicaid program has traditionally served as an important safety-net program for low-income women living with HIV/AIDS; however, the…
- January 22, 2015
Medicaid Managed Care Model Provisions, Issue 5
Catherine McKeeOur new Medicaid Managed Care Model Provisions Series features our set of modernized model federal regulations. Each issue provides…
- 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…
- 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 22, 2014
NHeLP Comments on Proposed Rulemaking for Coverage of Certain Services Under ACA
Deborah Reid and Andy DiAntonioNHeLP is pleased to offer these comments on the proposed rule for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the…
- September 30, 2014
Lessons from CA: Contraceptive Coverage
Andy DiAntonioIn this month's Lessons from California, we highlight landmark legislation, the Contraceptive Coverage Equity Act (SB 1053, Mitchell), the…
- 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…
- September 10, 2014
Letter to CMS re: Modernization of Medicaid Managed Care Regulations
Andy DiAntonioNHeLP has created a set of moderized Medicaid managed care federal regulations. These revised regulations were shared with the…
- August 21, 2014
Recommendations for the Modernization of the Federal Medicaid Regulations
Andy DiAntonioMedicaid managed care has changed significantly over the past decade and includes more vulnerable people who have disabilities, are…
- 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…
