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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- 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…
- May 20, 2022
AMICUS: Georgia v. Brooks-LaSure,Southern District of Georgia, Brunswick Division
Litigation Team CasesRead moreIn late 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rescinded its 2020 approval of work requirements and premiums…
- May 9, 2022
C.K. v. Bassett, Eastern District of N.Y.
Read morePlaintiffs are two children on Medicaid who have been deprived of the intensive mental health services necessary for them…
- 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…
- June 11, 2021
L.S. by and through Ron S. v. Delia, Eastern District of North Carolina and Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Litigation Team CasesRead moreThis class action was filed on behalf of a class of North Carolinians with intellectual and developmental disabilities who…
- June 11, 2021
Cyrus ex rel. McSweeney v. Nusbaum, Southern District of West Virginia
Litigation Team CasesRead moreIn 2004, a class of recipients of West Virginia’s Medicaid HCBS waiver program for older adults and people with…
- June 11, 2021
Salazar v. District of Columbia, D.C. District Court, D.C. Circuit
Litigation Team CasesRead moreThis class action was originally brought in 1996 on behalf of children and adults who had applied for Medicaid,…
- June 11, 2021
AMICUS:Washtenaw County Community Mental Health v. Wiesner, State of Michigan Court of Appeals
Litigation Team CasesRead moreNHeLP submitted two amicus briefs in this case in support of a Medicaid beneficiary who won his Medicaid Fair…
- May 26, 2021
Wit v. United Behavioral Health Care, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Read moreNational Health Law Program (NHeLP), the Center for Health Law & Policy Innovation at Harvard Law School and 26…
- March 24, 2021
Etheredge v. Nebraska DHHS, District Court of Lancaster County, Nebraska
Litigation Team CasesRead moreNebraska’s Medicaid agency requires people eligible for Medicaid expansion to jump through administrative hoops and comply with requirements that…
- February 26, 2021
Wright v. AHCA, Second Judicial Circuit in and for Leon County, Florida
Litigation Team CasesRead morePlaintiff Nancy Wright is a Florida attorney who has represented hundreds of Florida Medicaid recipients (often pro bono) who…
- February 2, 2021
Amicus: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America v. Williams, Eighth Circuit
Litigation Team CasesRead morePhRMA is challenging a 2020 Minnesota law designed to ensure that people with diabetes can access the insulin they…
- November 19, 2020
Amicus: N.R. v. Raytheon Company, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
Litigation Team CasesRead moreNational Health Law Program, Autism Legal Research Center and eight other organizations submitted an amicus brief in the First…
- September 23, 2020
Katie A. v. Los Angeles County, Central District of California/Western Division
Litigation Team CasesRead moreKatie A. v. Bonta is a class action lawsuit that was filed in July 2002 against California’s State Departments…
- September 23, 2020
T.R. v. Dreyfus, U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
Litigation Team CasesRead moreThis class action lawsuit against the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) was brought on behalf…
- September 23, 2020
Amicus: State of N.Y., et al. v. U.S. Dep’t Health & Human Servs., Southern District of New York
Litigation Team CasesRead moreNational Health Law Program (NHeLP), Justice in Aging, and the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) submitted an amicus…
- September 22, 2020
Katie A. v. Bonta, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Litigation Team CasesRead moreKatie A. v. Bonta is a class action lawsuit that was filed in July 2002 against California’s State Departments…
- August 28, 2020
Amicus: Talevski v. Health and Hosp. Corp. of Marion Cty., U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Litigation Team CasesRead moreThe National Health Law Program and 11 other organizations filed this brief in the 7th Circuit in support of…
- August 19, 2020
Doe v. Snyder, Ninth Circuit
Litigation Team CasesRead moreTwo transgender young people enrolled in Medicaid filed a class action lawsuit challenging an Arizona regulation that prohibits coverage…
- August 18, 2020
Amicus: State of Washington v. U.S. Dep’t Health & Human Servs., Western District of Washington
Litigation Team CasesRead moreThe National Health Law Program filed this brief, signed by 11 other organizations in support of the State of…
