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].
- October 8, 2013
North Carolina Health News: Medicaid isn’t privatized (yet) in North Carolina, but potential candidates are lobbying now
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — In the hallway outside meeting rooms at the North Carolina Public Health Association, exhibitors gave away pens, chocolate…
- September 24, 2013
Florida Medicaid Must Cover Medically Necessary Behavioral Treatment for Children with Autism Disorders
MIAMI—On September 20, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld a March 2012 ruling by…
- August 30, 2013
Q13 Fox News: State settles lawsuit, agrees to provide more services to mentally ill
SEATTLE—Tina Fricke is one of 10 children who filed a class-action lawsuit against the state of Washington; the suit…
- August 29, 2013
Washington Post: States find new ways to resist health law
Several Republican-led states at the forefront of the campaign to undermine President Obama’s health-care law have come up with…
- August 13, 2013
Law 360: Domino’s Founder Should Cover Birth Control, 6th Circ. Told
Law360, Los Angeles (August 13, 2013, 5:42 PM ET) — The National Health Law Program and other nonprofit organizations…
- August 7, 2013
NHeLP Mourns Passing of Civil Rights Leader Julius Chambers
WASHINGTON—NHeLP Executive Director Emily Spitzer issued the following statement at the recent passing of civil rights attorney Julius Chambers. "Julius…
- July 18, 2013
Fayetteville Observer: Bitter Pills series: Heroin overdose treatment could help prescription drug abusers
A painkiller overdose death is not quick: The drugs depress the body's central nervous system, taking hours to slow…
- July 15, 2013
District Court to Hear Concerns Regarding Chartered’s Pull Out of DC’s Medicaid Program
July 15, 2013WASHINGTON—U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler will hold a public status conference on Thursday, July 25, 2013 at…
- July 5, 2013
Kaiser Health News: Expanded state Medicaid plans need oversight
When the federal government recently gave Florida the green light to vastly expand its experiment in privatizing Medicaid, patient…
