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March 26, 2018
NHeLP Comments to HHS on Proposal for Religious Groups and Health Services
Priscilla Huang Comments
In comments to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), National Health Law Program urges it to reject a proposal to "remove" barriers that supposedly exist for the faith-based organizations seeking to partner with HHS to provide health care services. "Existing federal laws and policies already provide…
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March 19, 2018
NHeLP Comments to HHS on Kansas’ Sec. 1115 Medicaid Waiver Project
Jane Perkins Comments
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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March 17, 2018
NHeLP Comments to HHS on N.C.’s Amended Sec. 1115 Waiver Project
Jane Perkins Comments
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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February 22, 2018
NHeLP Comments Urge Senate to Safeguard Medicaid in Addressing Opioid Crisis
Andy DiAntonio Comments
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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January 29, 2018
NHeLP Comments to ASPE
Wayne Turner Comments
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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January 11, 2018
NHeLP Letter to CMS Regarding Work Requirements
Jane Perkins Comments
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 to HHS on Proposal for Religious Groups and Health Services

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

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

NHeLP Comments Urge Senate to Safeguard Medicaid in Addressing Opioid Crisis

NHeLP Comments to ASPE

NHeLP Letter to CMS Regarding Work Requirements