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.
- September 18, 2018
National Health Law Program: Comments on Sterilization Consent Form
Priscilla Huang, Candace Gibson, and dfitzgeraldEstablished in the 1970s, the Medicaid Consent for Sterilization policy was, and remains, a much-needed protection against coercive sterilization…
- August 10, 2018
Fact Sheet: Medicaid Demonstration Waivers & Reproductive Justice
Priscilla Huang, Candace Gibson, and dfitzgeraldMedicaid is an important lifeline for the 25 million women enrolled in the program. Women of color, women with…
- July 16, 2018
National Health Law Program Comments on HHS Plan to Lower Drug Prices
Wayne TurnerThe Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a Request for Information seeking comments on its Blueprint to…
- March 27, 2018
National Health Law Program Urges HHS to Withdraw Conscience Rights Rule
dfitzgeraldIn comments to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), the National Health Law Program urges it…
- March 26, 2018
NHeLP Comments to HHS on Proposal for Religious Groups and Health Services
Priscilla HuangIn comments to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), National Health Law Program urges it to…
- March 16, 2018
Q&A Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act: Protections for Transgender Individuals
Jennifer LavA recent federal court injunction has undermined the Affordable Care Act's provisions intended to end discrimination of transgender individuals…
- March 8, 2018
Arkansas Waiver Program and Its Adverse Impact on Reproductive Health Services
Candace Gibson and Rachel HoltzmanWork requirement programs in Medicaid are not only legally suspect, but they are nonsensical, undermining the intent of Medicaid…
- February 1, 2018
HHS Approves 1115 Waiver in Indiana – Harming Medicaid Enrollees
dfitzgeraldEarlier today, HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Indiana. The approved project is effectively a cut that…
- January 12, 2018
HHS Approves 1115 Waiver in Kentucky – Harming Medicaid Enrollees Who Need Reproductive Health Services
dfitzgeraldEarlier today, HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Kentucky. The approved project is effectively a cut that…
- December 19, 2017
NHeLP Comments on HHS’ Draft Strategic Plan
Elizabeth G. TaylorThe U.S. Department of of Health and Human Services' "Draft Strategic Plan," falls far short of protecting the nation's…
- December 6, 2017
NHeLP Comments: HHS Rule on Religious Exemption from ACA Birth Control Provision
dfitzgeraldThe Trump administration's effort to weaken, if not destroy, the Affordable Care Act's landmark birth control provision, also includes…
- December 6, 2017
NHeLP Comments: HHS Rule on Moral Exemptions from ACA Birth Control Provision
dfitzgeraldThe Trump administration's "Interim Final Rule for Moral Exemptions and Accommodations" for the Affordable Care Act (ACA)'s contraceptions provision…
- September 19, 2017
Top 10 Threats to People With Disabilities Under the Graham-Cassidy Bill
Jennifer LavThe new Senate effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act and gut Medicaid funding, the Graham-Cassidy bill, poses threats…
- September 19, 2017
Top 10 Threats to Women’s Reproductive Health Under the Graham-Cassidy Bill
Amy ChenNHeLP Senior Attorney Amy Chen details the major threats to women's ability to access comprehensive reproductive care posed by the…
- August 11, 2017
Protect Medi-Cal Funding Series, Reproductive Health
Fabiola CarriónCalifornia's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, provides vital and comprehensive reproductive health care for millions of low-income women in the state…
- August 4, 2017
NHeLP Comments on ‘Healthy Texas Women’ Sec. 1115 Waiver Project
Jane PerkinsIn comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NHeLP urges the department to reject Texas' so-called…
- August 4, 2017
Q&A on Non-Medical Transportation and Reproductive Health Services
Amy ChenIn this Q&A, Senior Attorney Amy Chen examines Medi-Cal's Non-Medical Transportation Services (NMT) and discusses, not only, the robust…
- August 2, 2017
Protect Medi-Cal Funding Series, Pregnant Women’s Health Care in California
Amy ChenCalifornia's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, is vital to the health of millions of pregnant women in the state, providing access…
- June 30, 2017
Protect Medi-Cal Funding, Women Living with HIV
dfitzgeraldCalifornia's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, covers nearly 30,000 Californians living with HIV. Women living with HIV are disproportionately women of…
- June 29, 2017
Top 10 Threats to Women’s Reproductive Health Under Senate Bill: CA Implications
Amy ChenThe Senate bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and radically slash Medicaid funding threatens California women's access…