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 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 Court Document, CasesRead moreIndiana residents enrolled in Medicaid filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging its extension of a Section 1115…
- September 1, 2019
Declaration of Leighton Ku in La Clínica de la Raza v. Trump
Litigation Team Court Document, CasesRead moreThis declaration examines the potential effects of the final public charge regulation issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland…
- 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. Azar, 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. Azar, 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…
- 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 dfitzgerald CasesRead moreSixteen Kentuckians enrolled in Medicaid filed a class action lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging its approval of a…
- November 21, 2017
Hawkins v. Cohen, Eastern District of North Carolina
Litigation Team and dfitzgerald CasesRead moreAdults and children enrolled in Medicaid filed a class action in North Carolina challenging the State’s policy and practice…
- 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 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…
- 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…
- 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 and dfitzgerald CasesRead moreLow-income immigrant residents of Arizona who were eligible for full Medicaid benefits, but whose benefits were reduced to emergency-only…
