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 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- January 9, 2019
Schmitt v. Kaiser Found. Health Plan Wash.: Amicus Brief
Read moreIn Schmitt v. Kaiser Found. Health Plan Wash., several Washington residents experiencing hearing loss challenge the exclusion of hearing aids…
- November 14, 2018
National Health Law Program 9th Circuit Amicus Brief Supporting Calif.’s Laws Protecting Immigrants’ Health & Safety
Read moreIn a bold effort to counter the Trump administration's aggressive and cruel agenda to deport immigrants and their families…
- 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…
- July 27, 2018
Civil, Human Rights Groups’ Amicus Brief in 2020 Census Case, San Jose v. U.S.
Read moreA broad array of civil and human rights groups filed an amicus brief in San Jose and Black Alliance…
- 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…
- May 18, 2018
Amicus: United States v. California, Eastern District of California, 9th Circuit
Litigation Team and dfitzgerald CasesRead moreThe National Health Law Program submitted an amicus brief on behalf of the organization, and 42 other legal health…
- 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 21, 2017
Amicus: California v. Trump, Northern District of California
Litigation Team and dfitzgerald CasesRead moreThe National Health Law Program filed an amicus brief in support of California, urging the Court to require the…
- 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 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…
- August 25, 2014
Jackson Health System’s Failure to Comply with Requirements of 26 U.S.C. § 501, Internal Revenue Service
Litigation Team and dfitzgerald CasesRead moreGround-breaking IRS complaint filed against the Jackson Health System, Miami-Dade County’s publicly funded health care system, alleging that the…
- May 29, 2014
Discriminatory Pharmacy Benefits Design in Select Qualified Health Plans Offered in Florida, Office of Civil Rights, Department of Health and Human Services
Litigation Team and dfitzgerald CasesRead moreComplaint to the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services requesting that federal…