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 8, 2016
Amicus: Alaska v. Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest, Supreme Court of the State of Alaska
Litigation Team and dfitzgerald CasesRead moreThe National Health Law Program and the Northern Justice Project filed an amicus brief in support of Planned Parenthood,…
- July 22, 2016
Darjee v. Betlach, District of Arizona
Litigation Team CasesRead moreLow-income immigrant residents of Arizona who were eligible for full Medicaid benefits, but whose benefits were reduced to emergency-only…
- February 17, 2016
Amicus: Zubik v. Burwell, Supreme Court of the United States
Litigation Team and dfitzgerald CasesRead moreThe National Health Law Program filed a brief urging the Supreme Court to uphold the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive…
- November 20, 2015
O.B. v. Norwood, Northern District of Illinois and Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Litigation Team and dfitzgerald CasesRead moreClass of children with disabilities and complex medical needs enrolled in Medicaid in Illinois challenged the Medicaid agency’s failure…
- August 25, 2014
Jackson Health System’s Failure to Comply with Requirements of 26 U.S.C. § 501, Internal Revenue Service
Litigation Team and dfitzgerald CasesRead moreGround-breaking IRS complaint filed against the Jackson Health System, Miami-Dade County’s publicly funded health care system, alleging that the…
- May 29, 2014
Discriminatory Pharmacy Benefits Design in Select Qualified Health Plans Offered in Florida, Office of Civil Rights, Department of Health and Human Services
Litigation Team and dfitzgerald CasesRead moreComplaint to the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services requesting that federal…
- March 22, 2014
Amicus: Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties v. Sebelius, Supreme Court of the United States
Litigation Team and dfitzgerald CasesRead moreThe National Health Law Program filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to uphold the Affordable Care Act’s…
- March 14, 2012
Davis v. Shah, Western District of New York and Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Litigation Team and dfitzgerald CasesRead moreMedicaid beneficiaries in New York brought this lawsuit to compel the New York State Department of Health to cover…
- February 15, 2012
Amicus: National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius and Florida v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, Supreme Court of the United States
Litigation Team and dfitzgerald CasesRead moreThe National Health Law Program filed an amicus brief arguing that the Medicaid expansion in the Affordable Care Act…
- December 19, 2011
Newton-Nations v. Betlach & Sebelius, District of Arizona and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Litigation Team and dfitzgerald CasesRead moreMedicaid beneficiaries in Arizona challenged Arizona’s decision to impose expensive copayments that exceeded the limits set out in federal…
- May 31, 2011
Pashby v. Cansler, Eastern District of North Carolina
Litigation Team and dfitzgerald CasesRead moreClass of Medicaid beneficiaries who received in-home personal care services challenged State’s decision to narrow the standards for assessing…
- January 1, 2011
KC and LS v. Wos & Shipman, United States District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina
Litigation Team CasesRead more2011 Medicaid beneficiaries with disabling and chronic conditions challenged North Carolina’s failure to ensure that managed care organizations provided…
- February 6, 2009
Salazar v. District of Columbia D.D.C. and D.C. Circuit
Litigation Team and dfitzgerald CasesRead moreA class of Medicaid beneficiaries in the District of Columbia challenged widespread problems in DC’s Medicaid program, including failing…
- April 7, 2008
McCartney v. Dempsey, Eastern District of North Carolina
Litigation Team and dfitzgerald CasesRead moreClass of Medicaid-eligible children with behavioral, emotional, or developmental conditions challenged North Carolina’s decision to deny or reduce their…
- August 29, 2005
Lankford v. Sherman, Western District of Missouri and Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Litigation Team and dfitzgerald CasesRead moreMedicaid beneficiaries in Missouri challenged a regulation which eliminated coverage for many items of durable medical equipment, such as…
- March 15, 2005
Edmunds v. Levine, Southern District of Florida
Litigation Team CasesRead moreClass of severely disabled Medicaid recipients challenged Florida’s decision to deny coverage of a prescription drug, Neurontin, for medically…
- January 1, 2002
Antrican v. Odom, Eastern District of North Carolina
Litigation Team and dfitzgerald CasesRead moreChild Medicaid beneficiaries filed suit against the North Carolina Medicaid agency for its failure to ensure that they received…
