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 26, 2021
Wright v. AHCA, Second Judicial Circuit in and for Leon County, Florida
Litigation Team CasesRead morePlaintiff Nancy Wright is a Florida attorney who has represented hundreds of Florida Medicaid recipients (often pro bono) who…
- 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
Katie A. v. Los Angeles County, Central District of California/Western Division
Litigation Team CasesRead moreKatie A. v. Bonta is a class action lawsuit that was filed in July 2002 against California’s State Departments…
- September 23, 2020
T.R. v. Dreyfus, U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
Litigation Team CasesRead moreThis class action lawsuit against the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) was brought on behalf…
- September 22, 2020
Katie A. v. Bonta, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Litigation Team CasesRead moreKatie A. v. Bonta is a class action lawsuit that was filed in July 2002 against California’s State Departments…
- 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 19, 2020
Doe v. Snyder, Ninth Circuit
Litigation Team CasesRead moreTwo transgender young people enrolled in Medicaid filed a class action lawsuit challenging an Arizona regulation that prohibits coverage…
- 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…
- June 11, 2020
K.B. v. Michigan D.H.H.S., Eastern District of Michigan
Read moreA class of Medicaid-eligible children with intensive mental health care needs who are at risk of avoidable psychiatric hospitalizations…
- June 10, 2020
Amicus: Allegheny Reproductive Health Center v. Pennsylvania DHS, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Read moreIn 1985, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld a state law restricting the use of public funding for abortions, finding…
- May 28, 2020
Schwartz v. Cal DHCS, Superior Court of California
Abbi Coursolle and Kimberly Lewis CasesRead moreAn adult California Medicaid (Medi-Cal) beneficiary is challenging the California Department of Health Care Services and her county Mental…
- May 26, 2020
A.M.C. v. Smith, Middle District of Tennessee
Read moreThirty-five children and adults from across Tennessee brought a class action challenging the State for wrongfully terminating people’s health…
- May 21, 2020
A.A. v. Gee, Middle District of Louisiana
Litigation Team CasesRead moreMedicaid eligible children who require intensive home and community-based mental health services challenged Louisiana’s failure to arrange for or…
- May 13, 2020
Amicus: California v. Texas, U.S. Supreme Court
Read moreThe National Health Law Program and ten other organizations filed an amicus brief opposing a group of states’ effort…
- 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…
- February 7, 2020
Amicus: Doe v. Trump, Ninth Circuit
Read moreThe National Health Law Program, the American Public Health Association, and 48 other groups filed an amicus brief opposing…
- 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 Cases, Court DocumentRead moreIndiana residents enrolled in Medicaid filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging its extension of a Section 1115…
- June 18, 2019
Final Motions in Philbrick v. Azar (New Hampshire Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver Project)
Read more"In short, coverage remains the fundamental objective of the Medicaid Act. Nothing about the statute's text, structure, or interpretation…
