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March 2, 2015
NHeLP Letter on Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) and Uniform Glossary
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NHeLP comment letter on the Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) and the Uniform Glossary. With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, it is critical to ensure that private health care plans provide the appropriate information to all populations in plain language, including limited English proficient populations. Ensuring…
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January 14, 2015
Health Advocate: Our New Year’s Resolutions
Susan Berke Fogel, Jane Perkins, and Mara Youdelman Health Advocate
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January 9, 2015
Letter to HHS Office of Civil Rights on pending HIV discrimination complaint
Jane Perkins and Wayne Turner Letter
The National Health Law Program and The AIDS Institute (TAI) sent the attached letter to the HHS Office of Civil Rights regarding our pending HIV discrimination complaint against four insurance companies operating in Florida. The complaint was filed last May. In our letter, we urge OCR to take action…
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December 16, 2014
Health Advocate: 2014 Litigation Round Up
Jane Perkins Health Advocate
More than four years since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law have passed, and yet litigation over it has not stopped. This edition of the Health Advocate examines the major cases impacting health policy in 2014, including some that go straight to the heart of health care…
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December 11, 2014
NHeLP Matters – December 2014
dfitzgerald NHeLP Matters
Welcome to the year's final edition of NHeLP Matters. In the past 12 months, we have fought for the health care rights of low-income people and individuals with disabilities in Washington and beyond. Learn more about our work advancing reproductive health, protecting Medicaid and bringing together advocates and policy…
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October 14, 2014
Health Advocate: EPSDT Screening: Including Sexuality Education in Health Education
dfitzgerald Health Advocate
Under Medicaid and some Children's Health Insurance Programs (CHIP), youth are eligible to receive the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) benefit, which includes coverage for medical screening. Federal law requires each screen to include five required components. One component is age-appropriate health education, which should include…
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