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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- July 16, 2020
Amicus: Bellin v. Zucker, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Litigation Team Cases, Court DocumentRead moreThe National Health Law Program, along with the Center for Medicare Advocacy and Justice in Aging, filed this brief…
- June 11, 2020
K.B. v. Michigan D.H.H.S., Eastern District of Michigan
Read moreA class of Medicaid-eligible children with intensive mental health care needs who are at risk of avoidable psychiatric hospitalizations…
- June 10, 2020
Amicus: Allegheny Reproductive Health Center v. Pennsylvania DHS, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Read moreIn 1985, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld a state law restricting the use of public funding for abortions, finding…
- May 28, 2020
Schwartz v. Cal DHCS, Superior Court of California
Abbi Coursolle and Kimberly Lewis CasesRead moreAn adult California Medicaid (Medi-Cal) beneficiary is challenging the California Department of Health Care Services and her county Mental…
- May 26, 2020
A.M.C. v. Smith, Middle District of Tennessee
Read moreThirty-five children and adults from across Tennessee brought a class action challenging the State for wrongfully terminating people’s health…
- May 21, 2020
A.A. v. Gee, Middle District of Louisiana
Litigation Team CasesRead moreMedicaid eligible children who require intensive home and community-based mental health services challenged Louisiana’s failure to arrange for or…
- 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 19, 2020
A.J. vs Gee, Middle District of Louisiana
Read moreMedicaid eligible children who require in-home nursing services challenged Louisiana’s failure to arrange for or provide those medically necessary…
- February 10, 2020
Karen Vaughn v. Jennifer Walthall, et al., 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Read moreKaren Vaughn has lived in the community for decades with the nursing and other services she needs. In 2016…
- 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…
- September 23, 2019
Rose v. Azar, D.D.C.
Litigation Team Cases, Court DocumentRead moreIndiana residents enrolled in Medicaid filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging its extension of a Section 1115…
- September 1, 2019
Declaration of Leighton Ku in La Clínica de la Raza v. Trump
Litigation Team Cases, Court DocumentRead moreThis declaration examines the potential effects of the final public charge regulation issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland…
- August 16, 2019
La Clinica De La Raza et al v. Trump, Northern District of California
Litigation Team CasesRead moreNonprofits serving immigrant communities filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s “public charge” regulation. Under the Immigration and Nationality…
- 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…
- May 20, 2019
Philbrick v. Becerra, D.D.C., D.C. Circuit, and Supreme Court
Litigation Team CasesRead moreFour low-income individuals from New Hampshire enrolled in Medicaid filed a class action lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging…
- April 8, 2019
I.N. v. Kent (Preliminary Approval of Class Settlement)
Read moreOrder in I.N., minor, v. Jennifer Kent, Director of the Department of Health Care Services, and State of California…
- March 20, 2019
Philbrick v. Azar
Read moreRepresenting low-income individuals from New Hampshire, the National Health Law Program, New Hampshire Legal Assistance and National Center for…
- 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 22, 2019
Amicus: Planned Parenthood of South Atlantic v. Baker
Read moreThe National Health Law Program filed an amicus brief in support of Planned Parenthood urging the Court to reject…
