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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- 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…
- April 8, 2019
I.N. v. Kent (Preliminary Approval of Class Settlement)
Read moreOrder in I.N., minor, v. Jennifer Kent, Director of the Department of Health Care Services, and State of California…
- March 1, 2019
Hawkins v. Cohen, Eastern District of North Carolina
Read moreHawkins Summary Hawkins v. Cohen (5:17-CV-581 E.D.N.C.) is a federal lawsuit filed in 2017 by Charlotte Center for Legal…
- 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…
- January 15, 2019
Amended Complaint in Stewart v. Azar
Read moreThe National Health Law Program, Kentucky Equal Justice Center and the Southern Poverty Law Center filed an amended complaint…
- November 6, 2018
Gresham v. Azar: Plaintiffs’ Summary Judgment Motion
Read moreIf the Trump administration's Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the state of Arkansas…
- 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…
- October 19, 2018
Amicus: Tennessee v. U.S. Department of State, Sixth Circuit
Read moreTennessee challenged the federal Medicaid statute’s requirement to provide Medicaid coverage to refugees as unconstitutionally coercive. Our amicus brief…
- 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 13, 2017
Amicus: Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas v. Smith, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Litigation Team and dfitzgerald CasesRead moreThe National Health Law Program filed an amicus brief in support of Planned Parenthood, urging the Court to reject…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
