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December 3, 2025
Recommendations for Mitigating Harms to People with Disabilities, Older Adults, and Caregivers from Medicaid Work Requirements
David Machledt and Jennifer Lav Issue Brief
*** Co-Authored with Natalie Kean, Jennifer Mathis, and Gelila Selassie The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) establishes unprecedented work requirements in Medicaid expansion. Prior experience has shown that people with disabilities, older adults, and caregivers who should be exempted from work requirements often lose coverage or are denied…
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November 24, 2025
Do My Comments Really Matter? Demystifying the Public Comment Process (Updated November 2025)
Mara Youdelman and Dania Douglas Issue Brief
In this updated issue brief, NHeLP's Mara Youdelman and Dania Douglas discuss the importance of public comments in shaping policy and explains the process for submitting comments and how they impact implementation of federal regulations. Each time a federal agency wants to adopt or change regulations, it has to…
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November 19, 2025
Public Comments on Model Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Individual Enrollment Request Form (CMS-10718)
Dylan de Kervor Comments
The National Health Law Program submits comments in opposition to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services decision to remove voluntary racial, ethnic, and sexual orientation and gender identity data questions from the Model Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Individual Enrollment Request Form, as well as the…
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November 18, 2025
Turning Lemons Into Lemonade: State Applications Underscore the Limitations of OBBBA’s Rural Health Transformation Program
Geraldine Doetzer Uncategorized
Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that all 50 states have applied for funding through the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) established under the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA). As I discussed previously, RHTP is a one-time, $50 billion grant fund…
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November 18, 2025
The Federal Government is Back Open, With No Relief for Individuals With Marketplace Coverage
Geraldine Doetzer Uncategorized
It’s over. After 43 days, the longest government shutdown in history has come to an end with a plan to keep the government open until January 30, 2026. But it ends without a fix for the millions of Americans who rely on premium tax credits (PTCs) to buy Marketplace…
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November 5, 2025
UMN School of Public Health Justice in Public Health Series: Reproductive Justice Denied: The Structural Violence of Recent Federal Health Care Cuts
Madeline Morcelle Presentation, Webinar
The University of Minnesota School of Public Health's Justice in Public Health Series invites experts to lead discussions on matters of health equity, exploring the myriad ways that unjust systems impact the health of communities. In this installment, NHeLP Senior Attorney Madeline Morcelle examined recent health care cuts through…
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Recommendations for Mitigating Harms to People with Disabilities, Older Adults, and Caregivers from Medicaid Work Requirements

Do My Comments Really Matter? Demystifying the Public Comment Process (Updated November 2025)

Public Comments on Model Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Individual Enrollment Request Form (CMS-10718)

Turning Lemons Into Lemonade: State Applications Underscore the Limitations of OBBBA’s Rural Health Transformation Program

The Federal Government is Back Open, With No Relief for Individuals With Marketplace Coverage

UMN School of Public Health Justice in Public Health Series: Reproductive Justice Denied: The Structural Violence of Recent Federal Health Care Cuts