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  • November 28, 2016

    Health Advocate: The Post-Election State of Our Health

    With a looming Trump administration and conservative majorities in Congress promising to repeal the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, and greatly weaken Medicaid and other public safety net laws, NHeLP D.C. Managing Attorney Mara Youdelman details some of what to expect in the coming year on health care.…

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  • October 3, 2016

    The Data Project

    NHeLP's Reproductive Health Data and Insurance Accountability Project (the Data Project) and the Women's Law Project on October 3 published a guide on abortion coverage for low-income women, and physicians in Pennsylvania. The guide details the extent of Medicaid coverage of abortion care in the state, administered by Pennsylvania…

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  • September 23, 2016

    Health Advocate: States Expand Coverage of Contraception

    States are taking the initiative to bolster federal health care policy intended to provide comprehensive contraceptive coverage, Staff Attorney Agata Pelka writes in the September Health Advocate. Pelka states, "Access to quality, comprehensive health care is critical for women to be equal, participating, and productive members of society." While…

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  • August 18, 2016

    Letters to Walgreens & SSM Health Medical Group

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    In letters to Walgreens and Catholic-sponsored SSM Health Medical Group, NHeLP and the ACLU of Illinois, ACLU of Missouri and MergerWatch ask for assurances that in-store clinics in St. Louis and Illinois operated by SSM Health do not adhere to religious directives and override medical standard of care.

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  • June 23, 2016

    Issue Brief 5: Medicaid Managed Care Final Regulations and Reproductive Health

    In this issue brief, NHeLP Staff Attorney Catherine McKee reviews the recently finalized Medicaid managed care regulations, and how they impact access to quality reproductive health services. She notes the new rules are "designed to increase access to reproductive health providers and services," but says state health care advocates…

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  • June 7, 2016

    Issue Brief: What Zubik v. Burwell Means

    Given that the U.S. Supreme Court failed to reach the merits in Zubik v. Burwell, the battle over the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive coverage requirement continues, with uncertain consequences for women in need of critical health care services. Staff Attorney Catherine McKee on what the high court's Zubik decision…

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