In partnership with state health advocates, the National Health Law Program litigates on behalf of low-income people, people with disabilities, and organizations serving these groups. Many of our cases have changed institutional practices and set lasting health care precedents. While each state is different, cases in one state can create important precedents and models for advocates across the country.
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- March 12, 2024
DOJ and OCR Complaints: Complaints Filed Against Medicaid Programs in DC and Texas
Elizabeth Edwards, Jane Perkins, and Litigation Team CasesRead moreThe National Health Law Program (NHeLP), together with Disability Rights DC at University Legal Services (DRDC) and Disability Rights…
- February 21, 2024
OCR Complaint: Advocates Urge HHS Office for Civil Rights to Stop Colorado Medicaid Cuts, Citing Disabilities Act Violations
Read moreThe Colorado Center on Law and Policy (CCLP) and the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) filed a complaint with…
- January 31, 2024
FTC Complaint: Request for Investigation into Deloitte’s Texas Medicaid Eligibility System
Sarah Grusin, Elizabeth Edwards, Jane Perkins, Emily Paul, Emma Weil, John Davisson, and Grant Fergusson Cases, Comments, LetterRead moreIn a formal complaint filed January 31, the National Health Law Program (NHeLP), the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), and Upturn urge the Federal…
- November 21, 2023
AMICUS: U.S. v. Florida, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Read moreNHeLP and the amici are pediatric experts and medical associations, a national philanthropic organization committed to advancing health equity,…
- June 27, 2023
AMICUS: Braidwood v. Becerra, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Read moreThe National Health Law Program, on behalf of 17 Medicaid and health advocacy organizations, filed an amicus brief with…
- August 31, 2022
S.J, et. al v. Knodell, Western District of Missouri
Read moreThis case was formerly known as S.J v. Tidball. Nine children with medically complex conditions who are enrolled in…
- March 29, 2022
McCutchen v. Becerra, D.D.C.
Read moreThirteen Medicaid enrollees, a pediatrician, and the Tennessee Justice Center are challenging the approval of the TennCare III project…
- May 13, 2020
Amicus: California v. Texas, U.S. Supreme Court
Read moreThe National Health Law Program and ten other organizations filed an amicus brief opposing a group of states’ effort…
- February 7, 2020
Amicus: Doe v. Trump, Ninth Circuit
Read moreThe National Health Law Program, the American Public Health Association, and 48 other groups filed an amicus brief opposing…
- November 22, 2019
Young v. Azar, D.D.C.
Read moreFour low-income individuals from Michigan enrolled in Medicaid filed a class action lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging its…
- June 18, 2019
Final Motions in Philbrick v. Azar (New Hampshire Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver Project)
Read more"In short, coverage remains the fundamental objective of the Medicaid Act. Nothing about the statute's text, structure, or interpretation…
- March 1, 2019
Hawkins v. Cohen, Eastern District of North Carolina
Read moreHawkins Summary Hawkins v. Cohen (5:17-CV-581 E.D.N.C.) is a federal lawsuit filed in 2017 by Charlotte Center for Legal…
- January 15, 2019
Amended Complaint in Stewart v. Azar
Read moreThe National Health Law Program, Kentucky Equal Justice Center and the Southern Poverty Law Center filed an amended complaint…
- November 6, 2018
Gresham v. Azar : Amended Complaint (Legal Pleading)
Read moreThe amended complaint in Gresham v. Azar, which includes more plaintiffs, noting that more than 8,400 people have lost…
- November 6, 2018
Gresham v. Azar: Plaintiffs’ Summary Judgment Motion
Read moreIf the Trump administration's Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the state of Arkansas…
- August 20, 2018
Bevin v. Stewart: Motion to Dismiss Opinion & Order
Read moreU.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky dismissed for failure of establishing jurisdiction, Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin's lawsuit against…
- July 27, 2018
Civil, Human Rights Groups’ Amicus Brief in 2020 Census Case, San Jose v. U.S.
Read moreA broad array of civil and human rights groups filed an amicus brief in San Jose and Black Alliance…
- May 15, 2018
Stewart v. Azar: Plaintiffs Reply to Government Motions to Dismiss
Read moreThe Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has maintained in Stewart v. Azar that nothing…
- January 24, 2018
Stewart v. Azar, D.D.C. and D.C. Circuit
Litigation Team and Jane Perkins CasesRead moreSixteen Kentuckians enrolled in Medicaid filed a class action lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging its approval of a…
- December 5, 2013
Amicus brief: NFIB v. Sebelius (Affordable Care Act)
Read moreNHeLP amicus brief in support of the Affordable Care Act.