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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- 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…
- January 9, 2019
Schmitt v. Kaiser Found. Health Plan Wash.: Amicus Brief
Read moreIn Schmitt v. Kaiser Found. Health Plan Wash., several Washington residents experiencing hearing loss challenge the exclusion of hearing aids…
- December 18, 2018
Amicus Brief in Support of Maryland’s Anti-Price Gouging Law for Prescription Drugs
Read moreThe National Health Law Program filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court asking it to review…
- November 14, 2018
National Health Law Program 9th Circuit Amicus Brief Supporting Calif.’s Laws Protecting Immigrants’ Health & Safety
Read moreIn a bold effort to counter the Trump administration's aggressive and cruel agenda to deport immigrants and their families…
- 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…
- November 5, 2018
Gresham v. Becerra, D.D.C., D.C. Circuit and, Supreme Court
Litigation Team CasesRead moreArkansas residents enrolled in Medicaid filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging its approval of a Section 1115…
- October 19, 2018
Amicus: Tennessee v. U.S. Department of State, Sixth Circuit
Read moreTennessee challenged the federal Medicaid statute’s requirement to provide Medicaid coverage to refugees as unconstitutionally coercive. Our amicus brief…
- 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…
- July 25, 2018
Flack v. Wisconsin Department of Health Services Preliminary Injunction Decision
Read moreThe U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting Wisconsin health officials from…
- May 24, 2018
Ivory N. v. Kent, Northern District of California
Litigation Team and dfitzgerald CasesRead moreMedicaid eligible children who require in-home nursing services challenged California’s failure to arrange for or provide those medically necessary…
- May 18, 2018
AMICUS: United States v. California
Read moreThe National Health Law Program filed a "friend of the court" brief on behalf of the organization, and 42…
- May 18, 2018
Amicus: United States v. California, Eastern District of California, 9th Circuit
Litigation Team and dfitzgerald CasesRead moreThe National Health Law Program submitted an amicus brief on behalf of the organization, and 42 other legal health…
- 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…
- April 30, 2018
Flack v. Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Western District of Wisconsin
Litigation Team and dfitzgerald CasesRead moreTwo transgender Wisconsin residents enrolled in Medicaid challenged the State’s discriminatory prohibition on covering medically necessary treatments for gender…
- 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…
- October 21, 2017
Amicus: California v. Trump, Northern District of California
Litigation Team and dfitzgerald CasesRead moreThe National Health Law Program filed an amicus brief in support of California, urging the Court to require the…
- October 13, 2017
Amicus: Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas v. Smith, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Litigation Team and dfitzgerald CasesRead moreThe National Health Law Program filed an amicus brief in support of Planned Parenthood, urging the Court to reject…
- October 18, 2016
J.E.M. et al. v. Kinkade, Western District of Missouri
Litigation Team and dfitzgerald CasesRead moreMissouri Medicaid beneficiaries with hepatitis C brought a lawsuit to challenge Missouri’s policy denying them access to direct-acting antiretroviral…