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- December 20, 2022
NHeLP Recognizes that Health Care Refusals Harm Transgender and Gender Diverse People
Read moreTwo Courts of Appeal recently held that, in spite of Section 1557’s important protections against discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, certain employers, health plans, hospitals, and providers may refuse to provide gender-affirming care to Transgender and Gender Diverse people. These Courts held…
- June 13, 2022
Health Care Refusals & How They Undermine Standards of Care Part II: The Impact of Health Care Refusals, Discrimination, and Mistreatment on LGBTQ Patients and Families
Read more*Co-authored with Hayley Penan*This is Part II of the National Health Law Program’s two part blog series on the topic of health care refusals and how they undermine standards of care. Part I of the blog series was a very topline review of the topics covered in the original…
- June 13, 2022
Health Care Refusals & How They Undermine Standards of Care Part I: An Overview
Read moreCo-authored with Hayley Penan*In July 2013, Susan Berke Fogel, then Director of the National Health Law Program’s Reproductive and Sexual Health Team, published Health Care Refusals: Undermining Quality Care for Women. This report detailed how health care refusals and denials of care rooted in political ideology, or institutional or…
- May 20, 2022
Medi-Cal Coverage for Doula Care Requires Sustainable and Equitable Reimbursement to be Successful
Amy Chen and Allison Berquist* UncategorizedRead moreIn 2021, California included in the state budget funding to add full spectrum doula care as a new covered benefit for all pregnant and postpartum people in Medi-Cal. The same year, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 65, the California Momnibus, which included additional support for implementation of the doula…
- August 26, 2015
Amy Chen
Senior AttorneyRead moreArea(s) of Expertise: Reproductive and sexual health, CA repro, pregnancy coverage, maternal health, Medicaid coverage for doula care, Catholic hospital mergersAmy Chen is a Senior Attorney in the National Health Law Program's California office, where she works on reproductive and sexual health access and services. Her California-specific work includes improving and…