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January 12, 2018
HHS Approves 1115 Waiver in Kentucky – Harming Medicaid Enrollees Who Need Reproductive Health Services
dfitzgerald Issue Brief
Earlier today, HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Kentucky. The approved project is effectively a cut that will worsen or eliminate access to Medicaid for low-income individuals. This proposal will have a significant, detrimental impact on low-income individuals, particularly women, seeking reproductive health care. This fact sheet…
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December 19, 2017
NHeLP Comments on HHS’ Draft Strategic Plan
Elizabeth G. Taylor Comments
The U.S. Department of of Health and Human Services' "Draft Strategic Plan," falls far short of protecting the nation's most vulnerable populations, NHeLP states in extensive comments submitted to HHS about its plan. NHeLP's comments focus on how the HHS strategic plan would adversely affect low-income women's access to…
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December 6, 2017
NHeLP Comments: HHS Rule on Religious Exemption from ACA Birth Control Provision
dfitzgerald Comments
The Trump administration's effort to weaken, if not destroy, the Affordable Care Act's landmark birth control provision, also includes a religious exemption for an array of employers, that as NHeLP explains in its comments to HHS opposing the exemption will "erect significant barriers to employees and their dependents to…
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December 6, 2017
NHeLP Comments: HHS Rule on Moral Exemptions from ACA Birth Control Provision
dfitzgerald Comments
The Trump administration's "Interim Final Rule for Moral Exemptions and Accommodations" for the Affordable Care Act (ACA)'s contraceptions provision flouts the intent of the ACA by allowing a wildly broad exemption for all kinds of employers, non and for-profit, to cite "moral" reasons for refusing to provide no-cost, FDA…
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August 11, 2017
Protect Medi-Cal Funding Series, Reproductive Health
Fabiola Carrión Issue Brief
California's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, provides vital and comprehensive reproductive health care for millions of low-income women in the state that would be endangered if efforts in Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act and impose draconian cuts on the Medicaid program are successful , writes Senior Attorney Fabiola Carrión…
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August 4, 2017
NHeLP Comments on ‘Healthy Texas Women’ Sec. 1115 Waiver Project
Jane Perkins Comments
In comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NHeLP urges the department to reject Texas' so-called "Healthy Texas Women" Medicaid demonstration waiver. The comments submitted by NHeLP Legal Director Jane Perkins note that HHS has limited ability to waive provisions of Medicaid law. HHS "may only…
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HHS Approves 1115 Waiver in Kentucky – Harming Medicaid Enrollees Who Need Reproductive Health Services

NHeLP Comments on HHS’ Draft Strategic Plan

NHeLP Comments: HHS Rule on Religious Exemption from ACA Birth Control Provision

NHeLP Comments: HHS Rule on Moral Exemptions from ACA Birth Control Provision

Protect Medi-Cal Funding Series, Reproductive Health

NHeLP Comments on ‘Healthy Texas Women’ Sec. 1115 Waiver Project