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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- April 3, 2024
G.A. et al v. Bimestefer, District Court of Colorado
Litigation Team CasesRead morePlaintiffs are Disability Rights Colorado and three children on Medicaid who have serious behavioral health needs. As a result,…
- March 12, 2024
DOJ and OCR Complaints: Complaints Filed Against Medicaid Programs in DC and Texas
Elizabeth Edwards, Jane Perkins, and Litigation Team CasesRead moreThe National Health Law Program (NHeLP), together with Disability Rights DC at University Legal Services (DRDC) and Disability Rights…
- October 11, 2023
Voe v. Mansfield, Middle District of North Carolina
Litigation Team CasesRead moreThe National Health Law Program (NHeLP) and Lambda Legal sued the State of North Carolina to block implementation of a…
- August 23, 2023
Chianne D. et al v. Jason Weida, Middle District of Florida
Read moreThree Floridians, represented by the Florida Health Justice Project and the National Health Law Program, have filed a lawsuit against the Florida Agency for…
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…
- March 7, 2023
Maldanado (formerly N.B.) v. District of Columbia, D.C. District Court, D.C. Circuit
Litigation Team CasesRead morePlaintiffs filed this class action case on behalf of Medicaid beneficiaries in the District of Columbia whose requests for…
- 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
U.S.C. Center for Health Journalism et al. v. Local Health Initiative, Los Angeles Superior Court
Litigation Team CasesRead moreIn this case, two Centers at the University of Southern California requested public records on provider performance from L.A.…
- 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…
- February 16, 2023
Dekker v. Weida, Northern District of Florida
Litigation Team CasesRead moreFour transgender Medicaid beneficiaries filed a lawsuit challenging a Florida regulation that prohibits coverage of medically necessary gender-affirming care.…
- November 2, 2022
Franklin v. Kinsley, Eastern District of North Carolina
Litigation Team CasesRead moreThis case was formerly known as Hawkins v. Cohen. Adults and children enrolled in Medicaid filed a class action…
- August 31, 2022
S.J, et. al v. Knodell, Western District of Missouri
Read moreThis case was formerly known as S.J v. Tidball. Nine children with medically complex conditions who are enrolled in…
- 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…
- May 9, 2022
C.K. v. Bassett, Eastern District of N.Y.
Read morePlaintiffs are two children on Medicaid who have been deprived of the intensive mental health services necessary for them…
- March 29, 2022
McCutchen v. Becerra, D.D.C.
Read moreThirteen Medicaid enrollees, a pediatrician, and the Tennessee Justice Center are challenging the approval of the TennCare III project…
- June 11, 2021
L.S. by and through Ron S. v. Delia, Eastern District of North Carolina and Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Litigation Team CasesRead moreThis class action was filed on behalf of a class of North Carolinians with intellectual and developmental disabilities who…
- June 11, 2021
Cyrus ex rel. McSweeney v. Nusbaum, Southern District of West Virginia
Litigation Team CasesRead moreIn 2004, a class of recipients of West Virginia’s Medicaid HCBS waiver program for older adults and people with…
- June 11, 2021
Salazar v. District of Columbia, D.C. District Court, D.C. Circuit
Litigation Team CasesRead moreThis class action was originally brought in 1996 on behalf of children and adults who had applied for Medicaid,…
- 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…
- March 24, 2021
Etheredge v. Nebraska DHHS, District Court of Lancaster County, Nebraska
Litigation Team CasesRead moreNebraska’s Medicaid agency requires people eligible for Medicaid expansion to jump through administrative hoops and comply with requirements that…
