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November 6, 2018
Gresham v. Azar: Plaintiffs’ Summary Judgment Motion
Catherine McKee, Jane Perkins, and Elizabeth Edwards Cases
If the Trump administration's Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the state of Arkansas want to to "radically restructure" Medicaid, "then they must secure the consent of Congress. It is not for them to achieve that end by administrative fiat," state the plaintiffs in…
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September 27, 2018
DHS’ Proposed Rule: What May Change with Public Charge?
Mara Youdelman Issue Brief, Article
The Department of Homeland Security is proposing a radical change to the longstanding immigration "public charge" provision, which impacts access to vital programs like Medicaid, housing assistance and an array food supplemental programs, for immigrants and their families. In this issue brief, Managing Attorney of National Health Law Program's…
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September 18, 2018
National Health Law Program: Comments on Sterilization Consent Form
Priscilla Huang, Candace Gibson, and dfitzgerald Comments
Established in the 1970s, the Medicaid Consent for Sterilization policy was, and remains, a much-needed protection against coercive sterilization practices.The United States has an ugly history of forcibly sterilizing low-income people, and particularly targeting low-income women, women of color, immigrant women, and women with disabilities to advance eugenics principles.…
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September 9, 2018
National Health Law Program: In Public Comments Urge VA to Stop Excluding Gender-Affirming Care
Rachel Holtzman and Jennifer Lav Comments
In comments to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the National Health law Program urges the agency to amend its regulations to remove a discriminatory provision that excludes gender-affirming care from its medical benefits package. The National Health Law Program's comments note there is "consensus in the medical community…
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September 7, 2018
Sec. 1115 Waiver Tracking Chart
Sarah Grusin and dfitzgerald Presentation, Regulations and Laws, Fact Sheet
Sec. 1115 of the Social Security Act allows the Secretary of HHS to waive some requirements of the Medicaid Act so that states can test novel approaches to improving medical assistance for low-income people. While historically states have proposed waivers that did indeed propose innovative approaches to improve Medicaid…
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September 5, 2018
Q&A on Pregnant Women’s Coverage Under Medicaid and the ACA
Amy Chen Article, Fact Sheet
IntroductionAccess to affordable and high-quality comprehensive health care services during pregnancy has long depended on what type of health insurance one is eligible for and enrolled in. While that remains true, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has also changed and expanded the health care options available to pregnant women.…
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Gresham v. Azar: Plaintiffs’ Summary Judgment Motion

DHS’ Proposed Rule: What May Change with Public Charge?

National Health Law Program: Comments on Sterilization Consent Form

National Health Law Program: In Public Comments Urge VA to Stop Excluding Gender-Affirming Care

Sec. 1115 Waiver Tracking Chart

Q&A on Pregnant Women’s Coverage Under Medicaid and the ACA