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July 26, 2021
Ten Ways the “Better Care Better Jobs Act” Helps Older Adults & People with Disabilities
Jennifer Lav Issue Brief, Article, Fact Sheet
July 26, 2021 marks the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ACA). As we celebrate more than 30 years since one of the most important civil rights achievements for people with disabilities, Congress now has the opportunity to take another huge step forward towards improving the lives…
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July 15, 2021
Making Sure Medicaid is Ready for Public Health Emergencies
Jane Perkins and Catherine McKee Issue Brief, Article, Fact Sheet
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic plunged the United States into a public health crisis. This situation was not entirely unprecedented. Local crises had previously been triggered by events such as hurricanes (e.g., Katrina in 2005, Irma in 2017), wildfires (e.g., California in 2017 and 2018), lead contamination (Flint, Michigan…
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June 28, 2021
Closing The Medicaid Coverage Gap: Preventing a Separate and Unequal Result
Madeline Morcelle Article
Expanding Medicaid is an urgent moral, anti-racist, health equity, reproductive justice, and economic imperative. Yet today, policymakers in twelve states refuse to do so—a discriminatory political choice intertwined with racism in policymaking. The result is the Medicaid coverage gap: an estimated 4.4 million people with low incomes—nearly all of…
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June 11, 2021
Demanding Ascertainable Standards: Medicaid as a Case Study
Jane Perkins Article
State Medicaid agencies and their contractors are increasingly relying on preset guidelines or assessment tools or both to make coverage decisions. Problems arise when the use of these tools results in program enrollees and advocates being refused access to the standards and procedures that govern the operation of the…
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March 31, 2021
Making “Convenient Care” the Right Care for All: Improving State Oversight of Urgent Care Centers and Retail Health Clinics
Tess Solomon, Kelly Jo Popkin, Amy Chen, Lois Uttley, and Susannah Baruch Manual/Report, Article, Guide
A growing number of health care consumers are turning to urgent care centers and retail health clinics, which have rapidly proliferated across the country in recent years and are sometimes referred to as “convenient care.” Urgent care centers have played a particularly critical role in meeting the high demand…
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March 4, 2021
NHeLP attorney Madeline Morcelle publishes op-ed with Rewire News Group
Madeline Morcelle Article
NHeLP attorney Madeline Morcelle published an op-ed with Rewire News Group on how the Trump-era public charge rule harms immigrants. Grounded in her past work as a community lawyer for Indigenous Guatemalan immigrant communities in Mississippi, it unpacks how the rule obstructs access to vital health care services and…
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Ten Ways the “Better Care Better Jobs Act” Helps Older Adults & People with Disabilities

Making Sure Medicaid is Ready for Public Health Emergencies

Closing The Medicaid Coverage Gap: Preventing a Separate and Unequal Result

Demanding Ascertainable Standards: Medicaid as a Case Study

Making “Convenient Care” the Right Care for All: Improving State Oversight of Urgent Care Centers and Retail Health Clinics

NHeLP attorney Madeline Morcelle publishes op-ed with Rewire News Group