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 2, 2022
NHeLP Comments on CMS Request for Information on Access to Coverage and Care in Medicaid & CHIP
Charly Gilfoil, Cat Duffy, Abigail Coursolle, Mara Youdelman, Wayne Turner, Jennifer Lav, Elizabeth Edwards, and David MachledtThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Request for Information (RFI) to develop and implement a…
- April 27, 2022
Abortion Coverage Under Medicaid
Fabiola Carrión, Cat Duffy, and Courtney MendozaThis Q&A provides an overview of how the federal government and states cover abortion under Medicaid. The Q&A’s Appendix…
- April 27, 2022
National Health Law Program Comments on Consent for Sterilization Form
Cat DuffyThe Consent for Sterilization policy has provided much-needed protection against coercive sterilization. The United States has an ugly history…
- April 4, 2022
Asynchronous telehealth in states that cover abortions for Medicaid beneficiaries
Fabiola Carrión*Fact sheet was co-written with legal intern Allison Berquist In this fact sheet, NHeLP identifies and analyzes how the…
- February 11, 2022
NHeLP letter to HHS Sec. Becerra – Re: Advancing Health Equity Through Essential Health Benefits
Wayne Turner, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, and Fabiola CarriónThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) established a comprehensive set of ten Essential Health Benefits (EHB) that most health plans…
- December 9, 2021
Contraceptive Equity Primers
Liz McCaman TaylorState Contraceptive Equity laws can play a critical role in filling the remaining gaps from the Affordable Care Act,…
- December 7, 2021
Model Contraceptive Equity Act: Legislative Language and Issue Brief
Liz McCaman TaylorUPDATED - December 2021. Contraceptive Equity is a policy framework under which contraceptive care is easily accessible and covered…
- December 6, 2021
Q&A: State Contraceptive Equity Laws
Liz McCaman TaylorThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires most health insurance plans to provide coverage for a broad range of women’s…
- November 3, 2021
Support for the Historic Momnibus & Postpartum Medicaid Investments in the Build Back Better Act
Elizabeth G. TaylorThe National Health Law Program joined dozens of organizations calling on Congress to include strong maternal health provisions in…
- August 20, 2021
NHeLP comments on Updating Payment Parameters Rule
Wayne Turner, Dania Douglas, and Fabiola CarriónIn the Updating Payment Parameters Rule (UPP Rule), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposes several important changes…
- June 10, 2021
NHeLP AHRQ Comments
Elizabeth Edwards, David Machledt, Skyler Rosellini, and Liz McCaman TaylorIn these comments, NHeLP responds to a request for information from AHRQ regarding the use of clinical algorithms that…
- June 7, 2021
Medicaid Coverage of Medication Abortion Delivered via Telehealth
Fabiola Carrión, Madeline Morcelle, and Alexis Robles-FradetThe COVID-19 public health emergency has shown the need to increase access to health services through telehealth, including for…
- April 8, 2021
Post-Abortion Contraceptive Coverage in Medicaid
Fabiola Carrión and Liz McCaman TaylorThis issue brief discusses how Medicaid allows coverage of family planning services during an abortion visit that is not…
- March 31, 2021
Making “Convenient Care” the Right Care for All: Improving State Oversight of Urgent Care Centers and Retail Health Clinics
Tess Solomon, Kelly Jo Popkin, Amy Chen, Lois Uttley, and Susannah BaruchA growing number of health care consumers are turning to urgent care centers and retail health clinics, which have…
- March 25, 2021
Fostering Equitable Access to Abortion Coverage: Reversing the Hyde Amendment
Madeline MorcelleThe future of access to abortion services is at a crossroads. The Biden-Harris administration and 117th Congress could commit…
- January 28, 2021
Medicaid Coverage of Pregnancy Care Delivered via Telehealth
Amy ChenTelehealth holds great promise and is a powerful tool that can help support the provision of pregnancy care. However,…
- December 17, 2020
Medicaid Coverage of Family Planning Services Delivered via Telehealth
Fabiola Carrión, Catherine McKee, and Liz McCaman TaylorThe COVID-19 public health emergency has shown the need to increase access to health services through telehealth, including for…
- December 8, 2020
Testimony on the Hyde Amendment before the House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Madeline MorcelleThe National Health Law Program (NHeLP) submitted this testimony to the House Committee on Appropriations’ Subcommittee on Labor, Health…
- December 3, 2020
NHeLP Comments on HHS Regulations Rule (aka SUNSET Rule)
Wayne Turner and Dania DouglasIn the Regulations Rule, HHS seeks to retroactively impose a mandatory expiration date on an estimated 18,000 duly promulgated…
- November 30, 2020
Abortion is Health Care
Alexis Robles-FradetThe National Health Law Program believes that abortion is health care and should be covered and accessible like any…