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February 2, 2023
NHeLP Comments on Essential Health Benefits (EHB) Request for Information (RFI)
Héctor Hernández-Delgado and Wayne Turner Comments
NHeLP submitted comments in response to the HHS' Request for Information (RFI) regarding coverage of Essential Health Benefits (EHB) in the private health insurance market. The comments highlight the need to provide guidance to states to ensure consumers have appropriate information about EHB coverage requirements. In addition, NHeLP underscores…
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November 18, 2022
Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis: The Biden-Harris Administration’s Blueprint
Madeline Morcelle and Amy Chen Issue Brief, Article
According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, from 2017–2019, roughly 84 percent of pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. were preventable. Black and Indigenous women and birthing people continue to die at exponentially higher rates than their white counterparts. Equitable, whole-of-government, and systemic solutions…
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October 17, 2022
There’s More That HHS Can (and Must) Do to Protect Abortion Access
Madeline Morcelle and Cat Duffy Abortion, Health Equity
HHS Must Enforce Medicaid Abortion Coverage RequirementsThe Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization worsened a longstanding public health crisis. As of October 14, thirteen states (and counting) have banned all or nearly all abortions. Days after the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Dobbs, U.S.…
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April 11, 2022
Fostering Maternal Health Equity Through Budget Reconciliation
Madeline Morcelle Health Equity, SRH Health Equity
Three Critical Opportunities for The Next PackageThe United States has the worst maternal mortality ratio among high-income countries. For over two decades, we have been one of only two countries to report a significant increase in maternal mortality rates. Most of these deaths are preventable. While this epidemic is…
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June 28, 2021
Closing The Medicaid Coverage Gap: Preventing a Separate and Unequal Result
Madeline Morcelle Article
Expanding Medicaid is an urgent moral, anti-racist, health equity, reproductive justice, and economic imperative. Yet today, policymakers in twelve states refuse to do so—a discriminatory political choice intertwined with racism in policymaking. The result is the Medicaid coverage gap: an estimated 4.4 million people with low incomes—nearly all of…
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April 15, 2021
NHeLP Urges Congress to Confirm Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as Next CMS Administrator
Madeline Morcelle Letter
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NHeLP Comments on Essential Health Benefits (EHB) Request for Information (RFI)

Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis: The Biden-Harris Administration’s Blueprint

There’s More That HHS Can (and Must) Do to Protect Abortion Access

Fostering Maternal Health Equity Through Budget Reconciliation

Closing The Medicaid Coverage Gap: Preventing a Separate and Unequal Result

NHeLP Urges Congress to Confirm Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as Next CMS Administrator