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July 26, 2022
The Americans with Disabilities Act at 32: Emerging from the Public Health Emergency
Geron Gadd COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, Disability, Uncategorized
The passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) thirty-two years ago marked a turning point in the struggle to end discrimination against people with disabilities in the U.S. For decades, people with disabilities sought access to – and a place within – vital spheres of community life. The…
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July 25, 2022
Doubling Down on Liberation
Elizabeth G. Taylor Uncategorized
July 4th came and went. I enjoyed the day off, but I could not help but wonder whose liberty we were celebrating. The recent decisions of the Supreme Court have me worried – for myself, for my children, for all of the people without political power, whose liberty has…
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July 17, 2022
NHeLP Comments on West Virginia Creating a Continuum of Care for Medicaid Enrollees with Substance Use Disorders (SUD) Demonstration Extension Request
Hector Hernandez-Delgado Comments
In comments to HHS, NHeLP urges the Secretary to reject West Virginia's Section 1115 demonstration extension request to continue waiving the Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMD) exclusion. This letter emphasizes that while NHeLP is supportive of efforts to increase access to services for Medicaid beneficiaries with substance use disorders…
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July 8, 2022
California Health Programs Must Take Steps to Implement Non-Binary Gender Markers
Abigail Coursolle california, Uncategorized
*Co-written with Madison Castle (Rising 3L at George Washington Law School)Non-binary individuals often fall through the cracks of our health care system. A common scenario involves forcing non-binary individuals to choose a gender in order to receive necessary medical care. When a health plan conducts outreach to their members…
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July 8, 2022
NHeLP’s California Budget Statement
On June 30, 2022, the California Governor, Gavin Newsom, signed the 2022-2023 budget into law. The state’s historic $308 billion state budget will expand health care coverage for millions of low-income Californians, improve health care access for all Californians, protect reproductive freedoms and expand reproductive health care, and provide…
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June 17, 2022
NHeLP Comment on the 2023 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS) Rule and Request for Information on Health Care Quality Disparities
Charly Gilfoil Comments
NHeLP submitted comments on the annual Medicare IPPS Rule. Our comments address a new proposed measure, in which CMS would require hospitals to attest to several health equity domains. We ask CMS to strengthen its requirement for hospitals and programs to address disparities and improve oversight of health equity…
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The Americans with Disabilities Act at 32: Emerging from the Public Health Emergency

Doubling Down on Liberation

NHeLP Comments on West Virginia Creating a Continuum of Care for Medicaid Enrollees with Substance Use Disorders (SUD) Demonstration Extension Request

California Health Programs Must Take Steps to Implement Non-Binary Gender Markers

NHeLP’s California Budget Statement

NHeLP Comment on the 2023 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS) Rule and Request for Information on Health Care Quality Disparities