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April 27, 2022
National Health Law Program Comments on Consent for Sterilization Form
Cat Duffy Comments
The Consent for Sterilization policy has provided much-needed protection against coercive sterilization. The United States has an ugly history of forcibly sterilizing low-income people. BIPOC communities, immigrants, people in detention facilities, and people with disabilities were especially targeted to advance eugenics principles. In comments to the Department of Health…
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April 25, 2022
Comments In Response to Proposed Rulemaking: Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility
Eskedar Girmash, Elizabeth Edwards, and Catherine McKee Comments
We support the comments submitted by the Protecting Immigrant Families (PIF) campaign and submit additional comments in response to the questions posed in the NPRM. We share PIF’s view that the nation is stronger when we welcome people who are willing to contribute to the country. We believe U.S.…
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April 14, 2022
NHeLP comments on Oregon’s application for renewal of the Oregon Health Plan § 1115(a) Demonstration Waiver for 2022-2027
Sarah Somers and Wayne Turner Comments
In public comments, NHeLP expresses support for Oregon's decision to abandon its waiver of EPSDT. However, NHeLP strongly opposes Oregon's proposal to exclude outpatient prescription drugs approved under the FDA's accelerated approval pathway. Denying Medicaid enrollees access to effective break-through therapies would harm people with serious or life-threatening medical…
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March 16, 2022
NHeLP Comments on Adding Race/Ethnicity to Medicare Part C & D Enrollment Form
Charly Gilfoil Comments
NHeLP submitted comments on the proposed 2023 Medicare Parts C & D Model Enrollment Form. For the first time, CMS will require plans to collect the race and ethnicity of individuals enrolling in Medicare Advantage or the Prescription Drug Program on the enrollment form. In our comments, we urge…
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January 27, 2022
NHeLP Comments on 2023 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters Proposed Rule
Mara Youdelman, Dania Douglas, Wayne Turner, David Machledt, Cathren Cohen, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, Abigail Coursolle, Alicia Emanuel, Elizabeth Edwards, and Charly Gilfoil Comments
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December 16, 2021
NHeLP Comments on HHS SUNSET Repeal Rule
Dania Douglas and Wayne Turner Comments
In the HHS SUNSET final rule, HHS sought to retroactively impose a mandatory expiration date on an estimated 18,000 duly promulgated regulations. Even long-standing rules would be automatically rescinded unless they survive a complex process of assessment and review. If implemented, programs like Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance…
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Comments In Response to Proposed Rulemaking: Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility

NHeLP comments on Oregon’s application for renewal of the Oregon Health Plan § 1115(a) Demonstration Waiver for 2022-2027

NHeLP Comments on Adding Race/Ethnicity to Medicare Part C & D Enrollment Form

NHeLP Comments on 2023 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters Proposed Rule

NHeLP Comments on HHS SUNSET Repeal Rule

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National Health Law Program Comments on Consent for Sterilization Form

Comments In Response to Proposed Rulemaking: Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility

NHeLP comments on Oregon’s application for renewal of the Oregon Health Plan § 1115(a) Demonstration Waiver for 2022-2027

NHeLP Comments on Adding Race/Ethnicity to Medicare Part C & D Enrollment Form

NHeLP Comments on 2023 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters Proposed Rule

NHeLP Comments on HHS SUNSET Repeal Rule