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  • NHeLP Comments to HHS on Kansas’ Sec. 1115 Medicaid Waiver Project

    In comments to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), National Health Law Program urges the Secretary to reject Kansas' Sec. 1115 Medicaid waiver project, so-called "KanCare 2.0."  The state's waiver scheme includes imposing work requirements on eligibility, extended lockout periods, lifetime limits, and a coercive incentive…

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  • NHeLP Comments to HHS on N.C.’s Amended Sec. 1115 Waiver Project

    In comments to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), National Health Law Program urges the Secretary to reject North Carolina's amended Sec. 1115 waiver "demonstration" program, which includes an onerous work requirement for eligibility, lock-outs and premiums, and a sweeping and unnecessary provision that would harm…

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  • NHeLP Comments Urge Senate to Safeguard Medicaid in Addressing Opioid Crisis

    The National Health Law Program in comments to the Senate Finance Committee urges lawmakers to support Medicaid and its funding structure in efforts to address the opioid epidemic, which "now kills more individuals than HIV/AIDs did at the height of that epidemic in the 1990s." The National Health Law…

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  • NHeLP Comments to ASPE

    NHeLP submitted comments to the Request for Information posted by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE). The RFI asked for public comment on the "mandate-laden" Affordable Care Act and ways to increase consumer choice and competition among insurers. NHeLP comments…

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  • NHeLP Letter to CMS Regarding Work Requirements

    In an unprecedented move, HHS issued a letter announcing its intention to approve state requests to impose work requirements on Medicaid enrollees. NHeLP responded swiftly, submitting a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), explaining why the radical shift in Medicaid policy is procedurally and substantively…

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  • NHeLP Comments on HHS’ Draft Strategic Plan

    Elizabeth G. Taylor

    The U.S. Department of of Health and Human Services' "Draft Strategic Plan," falls far short of protecting the nation's most vulnerable populations, NHeLP states in extensive comments submitted to HHS about its plan. NHeLP's comments focus on how the HHS strategic plan would adversely affect low-income women's access to…

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