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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- 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…
- 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 Court Document, CasesRead moreIndiana residents enrolled in Medicaid filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging its extension of a Section 1115…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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 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…
- July 22, 2016
Darjee v. Betlach, District of Arizona
Litigation Team and dfitzgerald CasesRead moreLow-income immigrant residents of Arizona who were eligible for full Medicaid benefits, but whose benefits were reduced to emergency-only…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
