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].
- February 9, 2016
Inside Health Policy: White House Budget Lays Out Administration’s Medicaid Road Map
The 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
By 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
Groups 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
WASHINGTON—The National Health Law Program’s (NHeLP) Elizabeth G. Taylor, Executive Director, and Mara Youdelman, Managing Attorney of the Washington,…
- December 3, 2015
Conscience Magazine: How Hyde Hurts Women
By Marisa SpaldingThis summer, after a series of deceptive undercover videos falsely claimed to show Planned Parenthood staff selling…
- December 3, 2015
The Sacramento Bee: Dignity Health faces lawsuit over Redding hospital’s refusal to perform contraceptive surgeries
By Claudia BuckWith a toddler and a new baby on the way, Rachel Miller and her husband felt their family…
- November 23, 2015
Associated Press: NY bills for costs of care after alleged cases of abuse
By Michael VirtanenALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Bill Liblick was shocked to learn that his sister, a disabled woman with…
- November 20, 2015
AAP News: Focus on Subspecialties: How to help Medicaid patients receive medically necessary services
By Alexander L. Okun, M.D., FAAPYou are asked to write a letter of medical necessity (LMN) for a patient covered…
- November 14, 2015
Utah People’s Post: Marketplace Silver Plans Offer Limited Access to HIV Drugs
By Amelia DonovanMarketplace silver plans offer limited access to HIV drugs, new analysis shows. It seems that consumers who purchase…
