National Health Law Program press releases and statements. For more information about our work or to speak with our expert advocates, please contact our Director of Communications Andy DiAntonio at 202.621.1023 or [email protected].
- March 7, 2016
NHeLP Urges Action on High Drug Pricing
lhigashiWASHINGTON—The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) sent a letter to Senators Ron Wyden and Chuck Grassley supporting the Senate…
- March 2, 2016
Senate Stubbornness in Refusing to Follow the Constitution Puts Americans’ Health at Risk
vengWASHINGTON—Today the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Texas abortion case, Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, which…
- February 24, 2016
The Body: Investigation of Humana’s Discriminatory HIV Drug Pricing Ends With a Fine and a Promise — But Practice Continues With HCV Meds
lhigashiBy Althea FungHumana health insurance company has been fined $500,000 by Florida regulators for failing to cooperate with investigators looking…
- February 19, 2016
NHeLP Files Amicus Brief in Supreme Court Birth Control Case
lhigashiWASHINGTON — The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) has filed a friend of the court brief with the U.S. Supreme…
- February 18, 2016
Florida Insurance Commissioner fines Humana $500,000
lhigashiAdvocates welcome consent order to protect people livingwith HIV/AIDS, call for robust monitoring and enforcement of ACA non-discrimination provisionsWASHINGTON—The Florida…
- February 9, 2016
Inside Health Policy: White House Budget Lays Out Administration’s Medicaid Road Map
lhigashiThe White House fiscal 2017 budget continues the administration's push for Medicaid expansion with an expected proposal to offer…
- January 22, 2016
Huffington Post: Roe Reminds Us of Restrictions on Women’s Health Care
vengBy Elizabeth TaylorOn this 43rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision protecting a woman's right…
- January 14, 2016
Oregon AG Urged Not to Waive Merger Review for Catholic Hospitals in 6 States
lhigashiGroups Note Catholic Ethical & Religious Directives Restrict Reproductive, End-of-Life CarePortland, OR—Thirteen public interest organizations have written Oregon Attorney…
- January 14, 2016
President Obama’s 2017 Budget Incentive to States Fulfills SOTU Medicaid Expansion Commitment
vengWASHINGTON—The National Health Law Program’s (NHeLP) Elizabeth G. Taylor, Executive Director, and Mara Youdelman, Managing Attorney of the Washington,…