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Archives
- February 7, 2020
NHeLP Comments on Idaho Behavioral Health Transformation Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver Demonstration Application
Read moreIn comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Health Law Program urges HHS to reject Idaho's proposed request to waive the Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMD) exclusion. HHS does not have authority to grant the request to waive the IMD exclusion because Idaho has not…
- February 4, 2020
Trump Administration Threatens Abortion Coverage in California
Read moreOn January 24th, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights Division (OCR) issued a notice of violation to the State of California for its abortion coverage mandate, threatening the State with cutting its funding in 30 days if it does not change course. HHS…
- January 22, 2020
Red Tape & Shady Accounting: HHS Plan to Restrict Abortion Access 47 Years After Roe
Read moreRight in the middle of the winter holidays, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a final rule entitled “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Exchange Program Integrity.” Despite its innocuous title, this rule intends to restrict abortion coverage. Although HHS acknowledges that most commenters objected…
- January 3, 2020
A Medicaid Promise to Children: Timely Treatment Services
Read moreConsider the following scenario: Under the Medicaid program for children (called Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment, or EPSDT), each enrolled child under age 21 should be promptly screened for health problems. The screening must occur at periodic, pre-set intervals. So what if the child didn’t have the…
- December 17, 2019
Medicaid Block Grants are like “Free” Hot Fudge
Read moreWhen my kids were younger and we’d go out for ice cream, they always wanted to go to FroYo instead of Sweet Frog. Why? Because FroYo had free hot fudge (and free caramel sauce)! The “free” fudge was a big draw because they thought it was a great deal.…
- December 5, 2019
When States Fail to Cover Abortions under Medicaid, NHeLP Steps In
Read moreEditor's note: This post is a bit longer than our normal blogs, but well worth the read.Responding to a 2016 request from Congressmembers Diana DeGette and Jan Schakowsky, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report at the beginning of this year on the status of Medicaid coverage…
