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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- December 4, 2025
AMICUS: California v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (U.S. District Court, Northern District of California)
Litigation Team CasesRead moreThe National Health Law Program (NHeLP) and a coalition of legal aid, health care, and immigrant-serving organizations filed an…
- October 16, 2025
AMICUS: Planned Parenthood Federation of America v. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (First Circuit)
Litigation Team CasesRead moreDespite the importance of Planned Parenthood clinics to the health of Medicaid beneficiaries, Congress has now enacted a law…
- July 29, 2025
AMICUS: Idaho Department of Health and Welfare v. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Read moreThe Medicaid Act gives states the option to provide 12 months of continuous coverage to beneficiaries after the end…
- July 28, 2025
AMICI: City of Columbus v. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Fourth Circuit) & State of California v. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (U.S. District Court of Massachusetts)
Litigation Team Cases, Court DocumentRead moreThis amicus curiae brief supports a lawsuit brought by 21 states challenging a recently finalized federal rule that, by…
- March 20, 2025
AMICUS: Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, U.S. Supreme Court
Read moreOn December 18, 2024, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case presenting the question: does the Medicaid free…
- February 7, 2024
AMICUS: Planned Parenthood of Montana v. Montana, Supreme Court of the State of Montana
Read moreIn 2023, Montana imposed severe restrictions on coverage of abortion services for individuals enrolled in Medicaid. Reproductive health providers…
- 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, 2023AMICUS: 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…
- April 20, 2023
AMICUS: J.R. v. Horizon NJ Health, New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division
Litigation Team CasesRead moreJ.R. is a young child who requires nursing services and appealed a significant reduction in her Medicaid nursing services…
- February 16, 2023
AMICUS:United Stated v. Walgreens Co., United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Litigation Team CasesRead moreThe U.S. and Virginia filed suit against Walgreens for the submission of false claims seeking reimbursement for Hepatitis C…
- February 16, 2023
AMICUS: Fain v. Crouch, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Litigation Team CasesRead moreMedicaid beneficiaries challenged a West Virginia policy excluding coverage of gender-affirming surgery. The district court granted summary judgment for…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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
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…
- 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 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…
- July 16, 2020
Amicus: Bellin v. Zucker, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Litigation Team Court Document, CasesRead moreThe National Health Law Program, along with the Center for Medicare Advocacy and Justice in Aging, filed this brief…