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].
- November 14, 2015
Utah People’s Post: Marketplace Silver Plans Offer Limited Access to HIV Drugs
lhigashiBy Amelia DonovanMarketplace silver plans offer limited access to HIV drugs, new analysis shows. It seems that consumers who purchase…
- November 11, 2015
Healthcare Payer News: AIDS and HIV patients get limited access to drugs on Marketplace silver plans, study says
lhigashiBy Kaiser Health NewsIn 31 states and the District of Columbia, silver-level plans cover fewer than seven of the 10…
- October 28, 2015
Introduction of the HEAL Act Calls for Restoration of Health Care for Immigrant Families
vengBill Extends Medicaid and CHIP to Lawfully Present ImmigrantsWASHINGTON—Today, the National Health Law Program released the following statement in…
- October 26, 2015
Modern Healthcare: New CMS report fails to please critics of Medicaid waiver process
lhigashiBy Virgil DicksonA new report to Congress on the transparency of Medicaid demonstration waivers is doing little to quell…
- September 28, 2015
Smithsonian Magazine: Millions of Americans Are Getting Lost in Translation During Hospital Visits
lhigashiMiscommunication due to language barriers is a growing health care issue, and technologies to aid interpretation are racing to…
- September 8, 2015
The Des Moines Register: Medicaid bidders tried to keep proposals secret
lhigashiBy Jason ClayworthHundreds of pages were initially redacted or missing from bid documents made public last week in which…
- September 4, 2015
The New York Times: Health Care Rules Proposed to Shield Transgender Patients From Bias
vengBy Abby Goodnough and Margot Sanger-KatzWASHINGTON—The Obama administration proposed a rule Thursday that would forbid most health insurers and medical…
- September 3, 2015
The Huffington Post: Medicaid Estate Recovery – Barrier to Medicaid Enrollment
lhigashiBy Elizabeth TaylorWith more people becoming eligible for Medicaid, one question repeatedly comes up: "will receiving Medicaid coverage jeopardize…
- September 3, 2015
NHeLP Welcomes Regulation Expanding Discrimination Bans in ACA Health Coverage
vengWASHINGTON—The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) released the following statement welcoming the proposed regulation issued today by the U.S.…