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January 9, 2019
National Health Law Program Comments: Urge CMS to Reject Proposed Changes to Affordable Care Act
Mara Youdelman, Fabiola De Liban, Candace Gibson, and Alicia Emanuel Comments
The National Health Law Program in comments to HHS urge it to reject the Trump administration's proposed rule change to the Affordable Care Act, called "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Exchange Program Integrity NPRM." The comments outline why Trump's proposed changes to the ACA is yet another attempt…
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December 21, 2018
National Health Law Program Priority Goals for Improving Health Care in California
Kimberly Lewis Letter
In a letter to California Governor-Elect Gavin Newsom, the National Health Law Program provides its "priority goals to improve health care in California" in 2019. "Your administration has an opportunity to further expand the coverage gains our state has made, while protecting individuals and families across the state from…
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December 14, 2018
Routes to Success for Medicaid Coverage of Doula Care
Amy Chen Manual/Report
Racism and racial bias in health care have helped contribute to what is now coming to be understood as a national crisis of maternal deaths for women of color, in particular Black and Indigenous/U.S. Indian women. The statistics are shocking: Black women are three to four times as likely…
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December 14, 2018
Dental Credit Card Debt: California Advocates Toolkit
Michelle Lilienfeld Fact Sheet, Guide
Dental care is essential to health care and California’s Medicaid agency is taking steps to ensure quality access to low-income individuals and families in the state. But there are still challenges to overcome, such as dental credit card debt, as National Health Law Program Senior Attorney Michelle Lilienfeld details in this…
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November 29, 2018
National Health Law Program Analysis of California’s Conditional Merger of Catholic Hospitals
Amy Chen Article
Senior Attorney Amy Chen provides analysis of the California Department of Justice's recent conditioned approval of Catholic health care providers in the state. Chen describes the conditions surrounding this merger, and how it will impact women, the LGBTQ community, and low-income individuals in the states who rely on these…
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November 14, 2018
National Health Law Program 9th Circuit Amicus Brief Supporting Calif.’s Laws Protecting Immigrants’ Health & Safety
Abigail Coursolle and Sarah Grusin Court Document, Cases
In a bold effort to counter the Trump administration's aggressive and cruel agenda to deport immigrants and their families or imprison them in "detention centers" throughout California, state lawmakers passed several laws to protect the health and safety of immigrants, documented or not, from the administration's legally suspect and…
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National Health Law Program Comments: Urge CMS to Reject Proposed Changes to Affordable Care Act

National Health Law Program Priority Goals for Improving Health Care in California

Routes to Success for Medicaid Coverage of Doula Care

Dental Credit Card Debt: California Advocates Toolkit

National Health Law Program Analysis of California’s Conditional Merger of Catholic Hospitals

National Health Law Program 9th Circuit Amicus Brief Supporting Calif.’s Laws Protecting Immigrants’ Health & Safety