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April 27, 2022
National Health Law Program Comments on Consent for Sterilization Form
Cat Duffy Comments
The Consent for Sterilization policy has provided much-needed protection against coercive sterilization. The United States has an ugly history of forcibly sterilizing low-income people. BIPOC communities, immigrants, people in detention facilities, and people with disabilities were especially targeted to advance eugenics principles. In comments to the Department of Health…
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April 25, 2022
Comments In Response to Proposed Rulemaking: Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility
Eskedar Girmash, Elizabeth Edwards, and Catherine McKee Comments
We support the comments submitted by the Protecting Immigrant Families (PIF) campaign and submit additional comments in response to the questions posed in the NPRM. We share PIF’s view that the nation is stronger when we welcome people who are willing to contribute to the country. We believe U.S.…
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April 14, 2022
NHeLP comments on Oregon’s application for renewal of the Oregon Health Plan § 1115(a) Demonstration Waiver for 2022-2027
Sarah Somers and Wayne Turner Comments
In public comments, NHeLP expresses support for Oregon's decision to abandon its waiver of EPSDT. However, NHeLP strongly opposes Oregon's proposal to exclude outpatient prescription drugs approved under the FDA's accelerated approval pathway. Denying Medicaid enrollees access to effective break-through therapies would harm people with serious or life-threatening medical…
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April 14, 2022
Statement for the Record to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health Hearing on “Communities in Need: Legislation to Support Mental Health and Well-Being.”
Jennifer Lav Comments
*Institutional Authors: National Health Law Program, Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Center for Public Representation, and National Disability Rights Network NHeLP and partners submitted a statement supporting efforts to improve oversight of children's EPSDT services, increase access to care for justice-involved individuals, and strengthen and…
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April 12, 2022
NHeLP Comments on the Proposed Update to the CDC’s Opioid Prescribing Guidelines
Héctor Hernández-Delgado and Alexis Robles-Fradet Comments
In these comments to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), NHeLPs conveys its support for the CDC's proposal to update the 2016 Opioid Prescribing Guidelines. NHeLP's comments highlight the negative consequences the 2016 guidelines have had on access to medically necessary opioid medications for pain, particularly for…
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March 16, 2022
NHeLP Comments on Adding Race/Ethnicity to Medicare Part C & D Enrollment Form
Charly Gilfoil Comments
NHeLP submitted comments on the proposed 2023 Medicare Parts C & D Model Enrollment Form. For the first time, CMS will require plans to collect the race and ethnicity of individuals enrolling in Medicare Advantage or the Prescription Drug Program on the enrollment form. In our comments, we urge…
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Comments In Response to Proposed Rulemaking: Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility

NHeLP comments on Oregon’s application for renewal of the Oregon Health Plan § 1115(a) Demonstration Waiver for 2022-2027

Statement for the Record to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health Hearing on “Communities in Need: Legislation to Support Mental Health and Well-Being.”

NHeLP Comments on the Proposed Update to the CDC’s Opioid Prescribing Guidelines

NHeLP Comments on Adding Race/Ethnicity to Medicare Part C & D Enrollment Form

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National Health Law Program Comments on Consent for Sterilization Form

Comments In Response to Proposed Rulemaking: Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility

NHeLP comments on Oregon’s application for renewal of the Oregon Health Plan § 1115(a) Demonstration Waiver for 2022-2027

Statement for the Record to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health Hearing on “Communities in Need: Legislation to Support Mental Health and Well-Being.”

NHeLP Comments on the Proposed Update to the CDC’s Opioid Prescribing Guidelines

NHeLP Comments on Adding Race/Ethnicity to Medicare Part C & D Enrollment Form