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January 2, 2019
The Ethical & Religious Directives: What the 2018 Update Means for Catholic Hospital Mergers
Hayley Penan and Amy Chen Fact Sheet
The Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (ERDs) are directives promulgated by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to govern Catholic health facilities. The ERDs present “a theological basis for the Catholic health care ministry” and govern the way health care is delivered in Catholic…
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December 21, 2018
Comments Urging HIV Prevention Drug be Designated an ACA “A” Recommended Service
Wayne Turner and Liz McCaman Taylor Comments
People who are at risk for HIV can prevent infection by taking a daily medication - Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP). However, many cannot access PrEP due to its high cost. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) recognizes that even small investments in preventive screenings and services can yield significant cost…
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December 14, 2018
Routes to Success for Medicaid Coverage of Doula Care
Amy Chen Manual/Report
Racism and racial bias in health care have helped contribute to what is now coming to be understood as a national crisis of maternal deaths for women of color, in particular Black and Indigenous/U.S. Indian women. The statistics are shocking: Black women are three to four times as likely…
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November 29, 2018
National Health Law Program Analysis of California’s Conditional Merger of Catholic Hospitals
Amy Chen Article
Senior Attorney Amy Chen provides analysis of the California Department of Justice's recent conditioned approval of Catholic health care providers in the state. Chen describes the conditions surrounding this merger, and how it will impact women, the LGBTQ community, and low-income individuals in the states who rely on these…
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November 7, 2018
Comments to DHS Regarding Indefinite Detention of Immigrant Children
Jennifer Lav, Priscilla Huang, Alicia Emanuel, and Amy Chen Comments
The National Health Law Program urges the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to withdraw a proposal to allow DHS to detain children with their families for the entirety of their immigration proceedings--in effect, indefinitely. Detention is neither generally safe nor…
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September 27, 2018
Health and Civil Rights Groups’ Comments on Calif. Proposed Merger of Catholic Health Systems
dfitzgerald Comments
The National Health Law Program along with more than 20 health, civil and human rights groups, filed comments with the California Department of Justice urging it to accompany a merger of two large Catholic health care systems in the state with "robust and enforceable conditions that protect community interests.…
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The Ethical & Religious Directives: What the 2018 Update Means for Catholic Hospital Mergers

Comments Urging HIV Prevention Drug be Designated an ACA “A” Recommended Service

Routes to Success for Medicaid Coverage of Doula Care

National Health Law Program Analysis of California’s Conditional Merger of Catholic Hospitals

Comments to DHS Regarding Indefinite Detention of Immigrant Children

Health and Civil Rights Groups’ Comments on Calif. Proposed Merger of Catholic Health Systems