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- June 4, 2019
Q&A: Proposed Rollback of Nondiscrimination Protections Under the ACA’s Section 1557
Read moreIn courts and through regulatory action, the administration is vigorously working to dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA). On May 24, 2019, the administration released a proposed regulation that would undermine or eliminate key protections of the ACA’s nondiscrimination provision, Section 1557, from individuals who have experienced discrimination in…
- June 4, 2019
Public Comments on Medicaid’s Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMD) Exclusion
Read moreAs part of Support for Patients and Communities Act of 2018 (Support Act), Congress requested MACPAC submit a report on IMDs, and include any recommendations for changes to the exclusion. Any proposed changes to the IMD exclusion should be made with the utmost caution, and without undermining the purpose…
- November 7, 2018
Comments to DHS Regarding Indefinite Detention of Immigrant Children
Read moreThe National Health Law Program urges the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to withdraw a proposal to allow DHS to detain children with their families for the entirety of their immigration proceedings--in effect, indefinitely. Detention is neither generally safe nor…
September 18, 2018National Health Law Program: Comments on Sterilization Consent Form
Read moreEstablished in the 1970s, the Medicaid Consent for Sterilization policy was, and remains, a much-needed protection against coercive sterilization practices.The United States has an ugly history of forcibly sterilizing low-income people, and particularly targeting low-income women, women of color, immigrant women, and women with disabilities to advance eugenics principles.…
- July 17, 2018
Advocates’ Guide to Accessibility in Medicaid Managed Care Grievances and Appeal
Read morePursuant to new regulations from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), state Medicaid agencies are now required to ensure that managed care plans in each state are complying with new procedural requirements for grievance and appeals systems. This Advocate's Guide from Disability Rights Education and Defense…
- March 27, 2018
National Health Law Program Urges HHS to Withdraw Conscience Rights Rule
Read moreIn comments to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), the National Health Law Program urges it to withdraw the so-called "Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care," rule because it is constitutionally flawed, and will exacerbate discrimination in the health care system against women, people of…