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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- 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…
- July 25, 2018
Flack v. Wisconsin Department of Health Services Preliminary Injunction Decision
Read moreThe U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting Wisconsin health officials from…
- 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
Read moreThe National Health Law Program filed a "friend of the court" brief on behalf of the organization, and 42…
- 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…
- May 15, 2018
Stewart v. Azar: Plaintiffs Reply to Government Motions to Dismiss
Read moreThe Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has maintained in Stewart v. Azar that nothing…
- 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…
- March 16, 2018
Q&A Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act: Protections for Transgender Individuals
Read moreA recent federal court injunction has undermined the Affordable Care Act's provisions intended to end discrimination of transgender individuals…
- 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…
- December 8, 2017
2018 Screening for Medicaid Eligibility under the Pickle Amendment
Read moreWith help from Gordon Bonnyman from the Tennessee Justice Center, NHeLP provides the updated 2018 - A Quick and Easy…
- 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…
- July 12, 2017
NHeLP’s Medicaid and ACA Defense Publications
Read moreBelow you will find NHeLP's master list of publications from 2016-2017. This list is intended to act as a…
- June 1, 2017
Medicaid Caps and the Opioid Epidemic
Read moreMedicaid is the largest source of health care coverage for individuals with substance use disorders, NHeLP Staff Attorney Héctor Hernández-Delgado writes…
- February 24, 2017
Health Advocate: Medicaid Caps: The Threat Below the Surface
Leo Cuello Health AdvocateRead moreWith the media focused on congressional and executive efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Republican lawmakers and…
- January 25, 2017
Health Advocate: The Year Ahead: Medicaid Works!
Read moreWith the Trump administration and lawmakers in the new Congress suggesting they will pursue changing Medicaid through block grants…
- December 22, 2016
Health Advocate: Delivery System Reform & Medicaid Caps
Leo Cuello Health AdvocateRead moreEfforts to cut or cap Medicaid that are being discussed by members of the new Congress and incoming administration…
- November 28, 2016
Health Advocate: The Post-Election State of Our Health
Read moreWith a looming Trump administration and conservative majorities in Congress promising to repeal the Affordable Care Act, popularly known…
- October 27, 2016
Health Advocate: Oral Health Update
Read moreIn this month's Health Advocate, Senior Attorney Michelle Lilienfeld examines the status of oral health of our most vulnerable…
- 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…